Tokyo stocks lose ground at opening over tech losses

TOKYO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks saw significant losses on Monday morning as tech shares plunged tracking Wall Street declines, pared by the yen's strength against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, briefly plunged over 3 percent and lost 1,045.51 points, or 2.87 percent, from Friday to 35,345.96 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

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