Tokyo tumbles on Malaysia air crash
Friday, 18 July 2014
Tokyo stocks opened 1.28 per cent lower on Friday on tensions after a Malaysian airliner was shot down in trouble-torn Ukraine with 295 passengers on board. All feared dead. It was the second air crash in four months involving a Malaysian Airlines flight after MH370 Flight disappeared in the air with about 290 passengers aboard in March. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 196.18 points to 15,174.08 points at the start, according to AFP.