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Tokyo stocks down at break

TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks fell
Tuesday morning, hit by slack US car sales data and the yen’s rise after a deadly subway explosion in Russia.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.40 percent, or 76.54 points, to
18,906.69 by the lunch break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.41 percent, or 6.29 points, at 1,510.74.