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Tokyo stocks close lower over US-China trade row worries
TOKYO, May 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Tokyo stocks closed down on Thursday,
despite more conciliatory messages from Washington on trade as investors
remained worried about how the US-China row will develop.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.59 percent, or 125.58, points, to
21,062.98 while the broader Topix index was down 0.43 percent, or 6.60
points, at 1,537.55.
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