Tokyo shares end lower on weak survey result
Xinhua, April 1, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo shares ended lower in the first day of fiscal 2015 on Wednesday as market sentiment here was hit by the weaker-than-expected business confidence among big manufacturers in a Bank of Japan survey.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 172.15 points, or 0.90 percent, from Tuesday at 19,034.84.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 14.12 points, or 0.92 percent, at 1, 528.99.
Decliners were led by glass and ceramics, nonferrous metal and pharmaceutical issues.
The turnover was about 2,976.5 billion yen (about 24.90 billion U.S. dollars). Endi