Nikkei Stock Average (price)
Unable to stop falling since the beginning of the year
A pedestrian walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei Stock Average, which dropped 2.7 per cent to 17,218.96 on January 12, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese stocks fell on Tuesday due plunging crude oil prices and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's comments about raising taxes in parliament. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)