Japan stock index suffers sharpest fall in 3 years on opening day of year

Tokyo stocks plunged Friday, the first trading day of 2019, with the Nikkei index falling over 2 percent, as investors worried about the global economic outlook following heavy losses overnight on Wall Street amid a profit warning from Apple Inc.The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 452.81 points, or 2.26 percent, from Dec. 28 at 19,561.96. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 22.93 points, or 1.53 percent, lower at 1,471.16.It was the first time since 2016 that Tokyo stocks ended lower on the first day of the year's trading. Japan…READ FULL ARTICLE