Tokyo stocks close down
Tokyo stocks closed down 0.85 percent on Friday amid broad weakness in the region's markets after a cut to Spain's credit rating renewed pessimism towards the European debt crisis.
Tokyo shares close 2.03% higher Updated: 18:58, Tuesday March 19, 2013 Tokyo stocks jumped 2.03 per cent Tuesday as weaker yen helped lift the market after the eurozone told Cyprus to revise a controversial proposal to tax bank deposits as part of a larger bailout deal.