Nikkei average falls
Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent on Friday, hurt by broad profit-taking after a rally the day before and as financial stocks tracked their Wall Street peers lower on worries about a widening US foreclosure crisis.
The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,411.10 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, down 119.60 points or 1.14 per cent.