TOKYO STOCKS END DOWN OVER ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES

Highlights –

• Tokyo stocks end down over economic impact of COVID-19 countermeasures.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 167.54 points, or 0.57 percent.
• Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE finished 7.52 points, or 0.39 percent.
• Stocks declined led by iron and steel, machinery, and oil and product issues.

Investors’ fears a....