0026 GMT - Japan's Nikkei Stock Average is down 0.1% at 50444.14 due to profit-taking after the benchmark index crossed above the 50000 threshold for the first time on Monday. Electronics and metals stocks are leading the declines. Kioxia Holdings is down 5.3% and Canon Inc. is 4.7% lower. JX Advanced Metals is down 4.4% and Sumitomo Metal Mining is 3.0% lower. USD/JPY is at 152.55, compared with 153.00 as of Monday's Tokyo stock market close. Investors are closely watching developments in U.S.-China trade relations as well as any progress in Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's economic measures. (kosaku.narioka@wsj.com; @kosakunarioka)
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