Tokyo stocks end lower tuesday

Tokyo stocks continued to fall Tuesday, with the Nikkei Stock Average sliding 90.95 points, or 0.86%, to close the day at 10,508.06. Overnight losses on Wall St. and a pause in the decline of the yen prompted investors to dump shares of exporters, property developers and financial firms to lock in gains. Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (8306) widening their losses in the afternoon. Nearly 60% of the stocks listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) fell, according to (Nikkei) website. The trading value on the first section of the TSE reached about 1.87 trillion yen on a preliminary basis, topping 1 trillion yen for the 15th straight trading day.