The second indicator, the Topix, also opened with a loss of 0.09% to 2,749.5 points, four minutes after the start of the session, at 09:04 local time (01:04 in Lisbon).
The Nikkei index reflects the unweighted average of the top 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while the Topix indicator encompasses the stocks of the 1,600 largest listed companies.
