(ANSA) - TOKYO, MARCH 04 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange starts the last session of the week in decline, after the new correction of the US stock indices, with investors monitoring the developments of the war in Ukraine and with crude oil prices reaching the highest levels since September 2008.
At the opening, the Nikkei reference index lost 0.65%, at 26,405.49, showing a loss of 171 points.
On the foreign exchange market, the yen has changed little against the dollar, at 115.40, while its currency at 127.70 against the euro.
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