Market Gauge: Market and Points

market gauge: On Monday, the key market gauge fell 84.18 points. ; The Topix index of all issues listed on the exchange's first section went up 5.58 points, or 0.37 percent, to 1,510.79, after sagging 6.65 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. The small gains reflected a slight weakening in the yen against the dollar and came as Chinese stocks resisted a further drop into negative territory, brokers said. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 4.97 points, or 0.02 percent, to end at 20,625.16 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Investors were paying close attention to how the U.S. stock market will move after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, they said. Market players wanted to see how the U.S. market will react to the latest news on the U.S.-China trade dispute after the three-day holiday, said Yutaka Miura, senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities Co. Concerns about U.S.-China trade tensions were fueled by a news report that Washington and Beijing are struggling to set a date for a meeting planned in September, brokers said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.