Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged over 1,500 points Monday morning on risk-off selling amid rising tensions in the Middle East following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. At 9:29 a.m., the key index comprising 225 issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime top-tier section stood at 57,285.77, down 1,564.50 points, or 2.66 pct, from Friday. Meanwhile, the dollar came to 156.63-64 yen at 9 a.m. Monday, up from 156.08-10 yen at 5 p.m. Friday. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Nikkei Average Down over 1,500 Points in Morning
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