TOKYO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors adopted a wait-and-see stance following punitive tariff threats from the U.S. government over Greenland.
The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 352.60 points, or 0.65 percent, from Friday at 53,583.57.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 2.28 points, or 0.06 percent, lower at 3,656.40.
On the stock market, the benchmark Nikkei briefly lost more than 800 points, as tensions grew between the United States and Europe over the weekend following Trump's announcement to impose 10-percent tariffs on all goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Finland over Greenland starting on Feb. 1.
