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Tokyo stocks open lower

TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks opened lower
on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street down after a deadly subway explosion in Russia. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.47 percent, or 88.85 points, to 18,894.38 in the first few minutes of trade while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.46 percent, or 7.05 points, at 1,509.98.