Tokyo shares open slightly lower on profit-taking
Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo shares stocks opened slightly lower Wednesday as selling took the upper hands after recent gains in efforts to cash in profits.
At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 62.03 points, or 0.36 percent, from Tuesday to 17,304.27.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 4.38 points, or 0.31 percent, at 1, 393.25. Endi