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Tokyo Stock Exchange Index Falls Nearly 3% After Failure of Doha Deal
Tokyo Stock Exchange Index Falls Nearly 3% After Failure of Doha Deal
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The index of the Nikkei 225 Tokyo Stock Exchange fell nearly 3% in the early trades on Monday amid the failure of the Doha negotiations to freeze oil... 18.04.2016, Sputnik International
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Index Falls Nearly 3% After Failure of Doha Deal
00:40 GMT 18.04.2016 (Updated: 00:50 GMT 18.04.2016) The index of the Nikkei 225 Tokyo Stock Exchange fell nearly 3% in the early trades on Monday amid the failure of the Doha negotiations to freeze oil production, according to the Kyodo Japanese agency.
Immediately after the opening of trade the index fell even a little lower at 3.04%, or down to 16,336.13 points.
The strengthen yen positions hit the oil exporters.
Earlier, media reported Brent crude prices falling by more than 6 percent.
On Sunday, the participants of the meeting in the Qatari capital failed to reach an agreement on freezing the oil output in a bid to stabilize global crude prices.
According to the CNBC news outlet, the lack of a deal on Sunday also sent the commodity's prices tumbling in early trading hours on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
