Japan's Nikkei stock index hits lowest intraday level since December 2020

TOKYO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index on Tuesday fell to its lowest intraday level since December 2020, losing more than 2 percent, amid rising caution about tensions between the United States and Russia and ahead of the outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting beginning later in the day.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 642.62 from Monday to 26,941.75, as of 2 p.m. lo