The Japan share market finished the session at lowest level in a two-month on Tuesday, 14 June 2016, dragged down by tracking declines offshore markets overnight on worries about U.S. growth and Britain potentially pulling out of the European Union. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slumped 1%, or 160.18 points, to 15,859 by the close, its lowest since mid-April, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares was down 0.98%, or 12.61 points, to finish at 1,271.93. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1710 to 226 and 61 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.24% to 32.78 a new 3-month high.
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