Tokyo shares end lower on profit-taking, firm yen
Xinhua, March 19, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo stocks ended lower Thursday as investors cashed in recent gains after Nikkei hit near 15-year high, as well as a firm yen that weighed on export-oriented issues.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 67.92 points, or 0.35 percent, Wednesday to end at 19,476.56.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 6.65 points, or 0.42 percent, at 1, 575.81.
Decliners were led by fishery, banking and food issues.
The turnover was about 2,945.3 billion yen (about 24.44 billion U.S. dollars). Endi