Day Profit-Taking: Points and Wall Street

day profit-taking: It rose 4.35 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Profit-taking wiped out early gains that followed Wall Street's overnight advance, brokers said. The 225-issue Nikkei average sagged 59.74 points, or 0.27 percent, to end at 22,200.00, after rising 41.84 points on Tuesday. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues closed down 10.92 points, or 0.67 percent, at 1,612.05. Weakness in Shanghai stocks also weighed on Japanese shares, they said. Market players were increasingly shrinking their positions, the official said. An official of an online securities firm said, Profit-taking emerged prior to the 10-day holiday in Japan starting Saturday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.