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Olympus shares continued to suffer from Monday's admission that the company had covered up investment losses for decades; they plummeted to their limit-down level for the second straight session, down 20% to ¥584 $7.53, extending Tuesday's 29% dive.

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In Tokyo, shares in Tokyo Electric Power , operator of the troubled nuclear-power plant, finally traded—they had been limit-down for the first three days of the week, with too large a gap between bid and offer to allow for a transaction.

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In Japan, Olympus Corp. cast a shadow over the market as the precision equipment maker's shares slumped 29% to its daily limit-down level of ¥734 —the lowest since July 1995.

Asian Shares Mixed; Olympus Dives Shri Navaratnam 2011

TOKYO—Shares in embattled Olympus plunged to their limit-down level for the second straight session Wednesday following the previous day's announcement that it hid losses for decades, prompting a prominent margin transactions body to suspend short-selling of the shares.

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Olympus shares extended Friday's 18% drop and briefly went limit-down to ¥1,545.

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The utilities index was weighed down by Tepco, owner and operator of the damaged nuclear plant, whose stock was ask-only—meaning too large a gap between bid and offer for any trades to take place—at an indicative value of 1,101, after ending limit-down for the second consecutive session on Tuesday with a 25% dive.

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Toshiba , which also makes nuclear power plants, closed limit-down for a 19% loss.

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Tohoku Electric , which owns several nuclear sites, finished limit-down for the second straight session as well, for a 20% loss.

Tokyo Shares Plunge 11%, Worst Loss Since 2008 Brad Frischkorn 2011

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power , or Tepco, which owns the troubled reactors at the center of the nuclear drama, closed limit-down for the second-straight session, ending at 1,221 yen, 25% lower.

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"What was impressive about Thursday was the market's ability to discount much of the bearishness for futures in the USDA reports by only closing down 100 points or so when a limit-down move would have surprised no one," said Sharon Johnson , a senior cotton analyst at Penson Futures.

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