Major factors driving the corrections last month on the Tokyo stock market were steep reactionary price falls in the information technology sector and foreign investors' sales following tumbles in New York stock prices.
Another downside factor was the April 24 reshuffle of the 225-issue Nikkei average.
The benchmark index fell 11.6 percent for the month, while the Topix index of all first section issues ended down 2.3 percent.
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