Market Gauge: Points and Market Sources

market gauge: On Tuesday, the key market gauge lost 67.39 points. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues finished down 8.31 points, or 0.50 percent, at 1,664.43, after losing 0.08 point the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Stocks of companies that close their first-half accounts at the end of this month went ex-dividend on Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei fell 63.14 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 20,267.05. They came under selling from the outset of the day's trading, market sources said. Most of the sectors on the TSE first section were weaker. The ex-dividend impact on the Nikkei average was estimated at about 130 points, the sources said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.