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Stronger yen hits Japan shares

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Japanese market declined for fourth consecutive session on Monday, 19 May 2014, with shares in Japanese export related companies' and financials led losses due to the yen's gains against the dollar. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.64% to finish at 14006.44, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was down 0.78% to 1150.07. The index has slipped almost 3.0% over the four sessions and is now down 14% for the year

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First Published: May 19 2014 | 3:53 PM IST

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