Nikkei smashes 3.1%

Japanese share market stumbled on Wednesday, 08 July 2015, as worries over China's relentless sell-off and Greece's debt crisis weighed on investor sentiment. The Nikkei Stock Average tanked 638.95 points, or 3.14%, to end at 19737.64 points, its worst decline in percentage terms since March 14, 2014. It remained up 13.1% for 2015 so far. The Topix index of all Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section issues lost 3.34%, or 54.75 points, to close at 1582.48 points.

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