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Tokyo shares edge down on gains cash-in

Xinhua, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares ended Tuesday slightly lower with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index ending a 12-day gaining streak as investors sought to cash in recent profits after rallies, while a weaker yen helped hold the downside.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average inched down 26.68 points, or 0.13 percent, from Monday to 20,543.19.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 4.35 points, or 0.26 percent, to 1, 674.21.

Decliners were led by air transport, rubber products and banks.

The turnover was about 2,817.5 billion yen (about 22.59 billion U.S. dollars). Endi