(ANSA) - TOKYO, NOV 29 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange starts the first session of the week in decline, accentuating the heavy losses on Friday on global lists in the wake of fears of an expansion of infections from Covid-19 due to the new variant of the virus originating in South Africa.
At the opening, the reference index Nikkei lost 1.26% to 28,390.38, leaving 361 points on the ground.
On the foreign exchange market, the yen returned to appreciate against the dollar at a value of 113.70 and against the euro at 128.40.
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