Nikkei ends in negative territory after Abe's resignation

A businessman looks at an electronic monitor displaying the Nikkei's close and a news report of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing his resignation in Tokyo on September 12, 2007. Japanese stocks ended in negative territory on Wednesday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Abe, with the Nikkei average down 0.5 percent as thin trade and political uncertainty took their toll. [Reuters]