Japanese stocks fall on stronger yen

Japanese stocks fell Monday as a strong yen weighed on exporter shares.

The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 69.63 points, or 0.72 percent, from Friday to 9,572.49.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 3.55 points, or 0.41 percent, to 857. 62.

Trading was thin and volume on the main section hit the lowest level of the year at 1,254.00 million shares, which compares with Friday's 1,575.71 million.

The TSE's Second Section index lost 2.04 points, or 0.10 percent, to 2,118.32 on a volume of 11.44 million shares. On the Osaka Securities Exchange, the near-term September Nikkei 225 index futures contract was down 90 points to 9,560.

Source:Xinhua