Performance Thursday: Thursday and Points

performance thursday: It fell 5.63 points on Thursday, according to The Japan Times. The Nikkei average opened below 21,000, falling past the line for the first time since May 16 on an intraday basis, due to the yen's firming and the poor performance Thursday of U.S. equities, brokers said. The key 225-issue Nikkei average dropped 33.92 points, or 0.16 percent, to end at 21,117.22, after tumbling 132.23 points on Thursday. ; On the other hand, the Topix index of all first-section issues finished up 0.63 point, or 0.04 percent, at 1,541.21, rising for the first time in four days. The Wall Street drop reflected lower-than-expected readings for the May manufacturing purchasing managers indexes for Germany, the eurozone and the United States, announced by IHS Markit on Thursday, brokers said. Soon after the dismal start, the Nikkei lost as much as about 230 points. The U.S. and Japanese stock markets remained under pressure from the trade conflict between the United States and China, the world's biggest and second-biggest economies, they said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.