Japan's Nikkei ends flat after ex-PM Shinzo Abe shot

File pic-Toru Hanai/Bloomberg

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei index shed most of its early gains to end flat on Friday after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election.

The Nikkei index closed up 0.1% at 26,517.19 after climbing as much as 1.4% earlier in the session.

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