market: On Tuesday, the key market gauge fell 118.95 points. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues finished up 1.39 points, or 0.09 percent, at 1,621.87, according to The Japan Times. The key market gauge lost 5 points the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 20.95 points, or 0.10 percent, to end at 20,020.86. Stocks opened weaker with investor sentiment battered by the dollar's fall below 112, brokers said. Small- and mid-cap issues attracted buying, pushing up the overall market, an official of a bank-affiliated securities firm said. But the key indexes rebounded quickly and fluctuated around the previous day's closing levels, backed by buying on dips for domestic demand-oriented stocks, brokers said.
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