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Stock Market Live Updates: Asian stocks open lower; oil sinks into bear market
Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday after the US Dow was weighed down by discouraging corporate forecasts. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.35 percent, or 118.14 points, to 33,306.27 in early trade, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.32 percent, or 7.69 points, to 2,360.93. Overnight, Wall Street finished mixed after a meandering day, with the Dow weighed down by big drops in retailer Walmart and technology titan Cisco Systems. West Texas Intermediate traded near $73 a barrel after dropping more than 20% drop from a high in September. Brent plunged almost 5% on Thursday.