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To: StanX Long who wrote (58619)	1/9/2002 11:48:41 PM
From: StanX Long	Respond to of 70976

Nikkei seeks direction January 9, 2002: 8:48 p.m. ET Tokyo investors stay mostly on sidelines; some tech shares extend gains. money.cnn.com TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday after Wall Street slipped in a dramatic late-day turnaround. The benchmark Nikkei 225 average opened 34.62 points, or 0.32 percent, lower at 10,629.36, while the capital-weighted TOPIX index fell 0.50 point, or 0.05 percent, to 1,024.51. Tech exporters were modestly higher on the back of a weaker yen, with chip and electronics maker NEC Corp. up 0.07 percent at ¥1,376.