A bad day at the office for the Nikkei but paring earlier losses

  • -474.68
  • USDJPY at 117.74 near session highs as Nikkei recovers some poise from its earlier lows down 4.35% (770 points)
  • open 17384.93
  • high 17393.83
  • low 16944.41

A solid turnaround as Chinese equities turned higher