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	The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 572.08 points, or 3.4 per cent, to close at 16,275.95 after falling as much as 3.5 per cent.</div>
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	The broader Topix index was down 41.25 points, or 3.03 per cent, at 1,320.15.</div>
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	Oil prices fell sharply after top oil producers Sunday delayed anagreement in the Qatari capital Doha to freeze the crude output levels to shore up low prices.</div>
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	Toyota Motor said Sunday it would halt the assembly of vehicles in stages in Japan because of parts shortages caused by the quakes that killed at least 42 people.</div>
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	On currency markets at 3pm (0600 GMT) Monday, the dollar traded at 107.97-98 yen, down sharply from Friday&#39;s 5 pm quote of 109.29-31 yen.</div>
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	The euro was quoted at 121.82-86 yen, down from 123.04-08 yen late Friday.</div>
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Japan shares plunge on quakes concerns, rising yen, falling oil

Tokyo - Japanese stocks fell 3 per cent Monday for the second straight trading day of fall as investor sentiment was hurt by a stronger yen, falling oil prices and growing concerns about the two major earthquakes that struck the southern island of Kyushu