Business Recorder - Markets - Financial https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:18:45 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:18:45 +0500 60 Nikkei contracts 2 pct, erases most of last 3-day gains https://www.brecorder.com/news/5273/nikkei-contracts-2-pct-erases-most-of-last-3-day-gains <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/tokyo.stock.2.jpg" width="400" height="266" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TOKYO:  Japan's Nikkei average fell more than 2 percent, erasing most of the gains made over the past three days as a climb in oil prices and uncertainty in the Middle East prompted investors to take profits.</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The benchmark Nikkei dropped 2.4 percent, or 261.65 points to 10,492.38 and the broader Topics lost 2.2 percent to 942.87.</span></p> <p><centre><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>                                            Copyright Reuters, 2011</i></span></b><bra></bra></centre></p> TOKYO:  Japan's Nikkei average fell more than 2 percent, erasing most of the gains made over the past three days as a climb in oil prices and uncertainty in the Middle East prompted investors to take profits.

The benchmark Nikkei dropped 2.4 percent, or 261.65 points to 10,492.38 and the broader Topics lost 2.2 percent to 942.87.

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