TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) bought 70.1 billion yen ($566.65 million) of exchange-traded funds on Thursday, stepping into the market for the fifth time this year.
The country's benchmark Nikkei stock index had earlier fallen sharply for a second day, closing at the lowest level in almost a month, amid escalating concerns about a faster pace of Federal Reserve policy tightening, as well as uncertainty around the conflict in Ukraine and COVID-19 lockdowns in China. [.T]
($1 = 123.7100 yen)
(Reporting by Tokyo markets team; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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