Tokyo shares end slightly lower on profit-taking
Xinhua, February 25, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo shares ended the choppy Wednesday slightly lower as selling took the upper hands on profit- taking.
The comments by U.S. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen indicated the Fed is in no hurry to raise its key interest rate held the decline.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, which stopped it five-day climb, inched down 18.28 points, or 0.10 percent, from Tuesday at 18,585.20 after briefly hitting 18,648.77, the highest intraday level since April 2000.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 0.66 point, or 0.04 percent, at 1, 507.62.
Major decliners included airline, land transport, glass and ceramic issues.
The turnover was about 2,439.6 billion yen (about 20.55 billion U.S. dollars). Endi