Percent: Points and Topix Index

percent: It gained 2.21 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. The market opened sharply lower in the wake of an overnight tumble on Wall Street and expanded losses on the yen's surge against the dollar in the morning, forcing the key Nikkei average to give up more than 500 points to sink below the 21,000 threshold. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 453.83 points, or 2.11 percent, to end at 21,087.16, after rising 19.46 points on Thursday. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues closed down 33.89 points, or 2.16 percent, at 1,533.46. Investors turned risk-averse after Trump threw cold water over expectations for a deal to settle the U.S.-China trade conflict by announcing on Twitter Thursday his decision to slap a 10 percent tariff on additional Chinese goods worth 300 billion on Sept. 1, brokers said. But both the Nikkei and Topix indexes remained deep in negative territory for the rest of the Friday session. Heavy selling subsided after the early morning sell-off. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.