Tokyo stocks end lower tracking Wall Street high-tech losses

TOKYO, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Tuesday for the third consecutive day, with the Nikkei marking its lowest point in three weeks amid sell-offs following declines in U.S. high-tech issues ahead of the U.S. economic data release.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 455.45 points, or 1.37 percent, from Monday to close the day at 32,775.82, its l