Equities Friday: Points and Morning Session

equities friday: On Friday, the key market gauge fell 204.22 points. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues closed up 1.84 points, or 0.12 percent, at 1,547.74, after losing 14.00 points the previous trading day, according to The Japan Times. The market got off to a weak start following a downturn in U.S. equities Friday caused by the Commerce Department's ban on transactions with a Chinese supercomputer maker and related firms. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 27.35 points, or 0.13 percent, to close at 21,285.99 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Both indexes remained in negative territory for most of the morning session, although they showed some resilience thanks to buying induced by Shanghai stocks' strength and higher U.S. index futures in off-hours trading, brokers said. Wang's comment preceded a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, expected on the sidelines of the two-day Group of 20 summit in Osaka from Friday. In the afternoon, the market turned buoyant, albeit modestly, amid renewed expectations for progress in the U.S.-China trade negotiations after a media report cited Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen as saying talks were ongoing and both Washington and Beijing should compromise. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.