Nikkei falls amid rising geopolitical risk, stronger yen

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Nikkei falls amid rising geopolitical risk, stronger yen
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TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday, as rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea, a stronger yen and renewed uncertainty in the French presidential election hurt investor sentiment.

The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.3 percent to 18,747.87, while the broader Topix .TOPX shed 0.3 percent to 1,495.10, though trading was slow with the turnover at the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main board hitting its lowest in almost a month.

Exporter stocks such as machineries .IMCHN.T and electric machineries .IELEC.T led the losses, with fall of 1.1 percent and 0.8 percent respectively, while shippers .ISHIP.T fell 1.5 percent.

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