Japanese and Korean stock markets opened higher and closed lower

Odaily Planet Daily News The Nikkei 225 index closed down 6.38 points, or 0.01%, at 69,737.69 points on Monday, July 6; the Korea KOSPI index closed down 37.01 points, or 0.46%, at 8,051.33 points on Monday, July 6, after an initial gain of nearly 3%.