Market Gauge: Points and Stocks

market gauge: On Wednesday, the key market gauge rose 50.80 points. ; The Topix lost 7.85 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 1,592.20 after gaining 3.93 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Stocks moved on a weak note for most of Thursday's session following an overnight fall in New York stocks. The Nikkei fell 80.87 points, or 0.42 percent, to close at 19,353.77. That came on the back of growing uncertainties over U.S. politics after yet another controversial remark by President Donald Trump, brokers said. Market players refrained from buying stocks actively as the yen firmed against the dollar after the remark, brokers said. At a rally in Arizona on Tuesday, Trump suggested that he is prepared to shut down the federal government if needed to secure funding for his campaign promise to build a wall along the Mexican border. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.