The Japan share market closed down for first time in four straight sessions on Thursday, 14 September 2017, as investors cashed in on recent gains and early buying sentiment following fresh records on Wall Street overnight fizzled out. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.29%, or 58.38 points, to 19,807.44 while the broader Topix index lost 0.32%, or 5.20 points, to 1,632.13. Falling issues outnumbered rising ones 1,231 to 683 in the TSE's first section, while 114 issues were unchanged. Volume inched up to 1.66 billion shares from Wednesday's 1.60 billion.
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