Tokyo stocks close down after three-day winning streak | Malay Mail

The key Nikkei 225 index fell 0.44 per cent, or 99.75 points, to 22,614.69 while the broader Topix index was down 0.34 per cent, or 5.44 points, at 1,571.71. — Reuters pic

Despite gains in US and European shares overnight, Japanese stocks had a breather as investors took money off the table after three days in the green, brokers said. A survey released by Japan's internal affairs ministry early today showed May household spending in the world's third-largest economy fell 16.2 per cent from a year earlier, logging the worst drop since Tokyo began collecting the data in 2000.

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