Off the wire
• 1st-LD Writethru: China's largest solar power tower plant starts construction  • China nets another 19,000 officials in frugality campaign  • Backgrounder: Japan's defense white paper strays farther away from peaceful development  • Chinese youth player Lin joins Real Madrid on 5-year contract  • Myanmar gov't, ethnic groups resume ceasefire talks in Yangon  • China's largest solar power tower plant starts construction  • Chinese actor sentenced for providing venues for drug use  • Cambodia-China direct cargo shipping route on course  • Roundup: Canada picks up 10 medals in track and field at Pan Am Games  • Curfew imposed in E. Indian city following communal violence  
You are here: 　 Home

Tokyo stocks fall 1.19 pct. on profit-taking, Wall St. losses

Xinhua, July 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks fell 1.19 percent on Wednesday as declines on Wall Street overnight dampened sentiment, prompting some investors to lock in their gains after the Nikkei index rose for six straight trading days through Tuesday.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was down 248.30 points, from Tuesday at 20,593.67. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange moved 18.51 points, or 1.11 percent, lower to 1,655.37.

Decliners were led by mining, banking and electric machinery issues.

The turnover was 2,368.91 billion yen (about 19.14 billion U.S. dollar). Endi