points: On Monday, it rose 51.64 points. ; The Topix, which covers all first-section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, fell 4.62 points, or 0.30 percent, to end at 1,550.30 after gaining 0.67 point Monday, according to The Japan Times. Both indexes declined for the first time in three market days. The Nikkei 225 average finished down 29.28 points, or 0.14 percent, at 21,272.45. The Nikkei dipped soon after the opening and stayed in negative territory throughout the morning session, after all three key U.S. stock indexes dropped Monday. The Nikkei briefly pared its losses and entered into positive territory in the afternoon, backed by a rise in Shanghai shares, they said. The Wall Street slump came as Google and some other companies are reported to be planning to stop dealing with China's Huawei Technologies after U.S. President Donald Trump, apparently targeting Huawei, signed an executive order last week to ban the use of foreign communications equipment that could seriously jeopardize U.S. national security, brokers said.
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