Tokyo share index falls

The Nikkei 225 index has closed at 10,433.45, down 368.07 points on a combination of profit-taking and selling of cross-shareholdings.

The dollar was at 127.03 yen in Tokyo trading, up from 126.18 in late New York trading; and at 0.8944 against the euro, compared with 0.8922 in New York.