The Nikkei average ended trading at 14,775.22 points on Monday, down 27.38 points from Friday and a new closing low for the year.
The year’s previous closing low of 14,799.40 was registered Dec. 22. The key index plunged to the year’s intraday low of 14,488.21 at one point during lackluster trading in the morning.
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