chihiro ota: On Monday, the key price gauge gained 53.26 points. ; The Topix, which covers all first-section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 9.94 points, or 0.63 percent, lower at 1,556.43, according to The Japan Times. It rose 8.78 points Monday. The Nikkei 225 average fell 96.42 points, or 0.47 percent, to end at 20,622.91. After fluctuating around the previous day's closing levels, both the Nikkei and Topix headed south in the afternoon as profit-taking grew amid a dearth of major buying incentives, market sources said. From Monday's 1.127 billion shares, volume in the first section fell to 1.010 billion, the lowest level since Aug. 24. The market was hurt by small-lot selling while trading was extremely thin, said Chihiro Ota, general manager for investment research and investor services at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
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