TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei index suffering its third-largest point drop on record, as global sell-offs continued amid intensifying fears of an all-out trade war and a global economic recession triggered by the U.S. tariffs hike.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 2,644.00 points, or 7.83 percent, from Friday at 31,136.58.

The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 193.40 points, or 7.79 percent, lower at 2,288.66. Enditem

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