Tokyo shares open lower on poor U.S. market
Xinhua, August 19, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo shares opened slightly lower on Wednesday as sentiment here was weighed down by poor performances in the overnight European and U.S. stocks markets.
At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 68.76 points, or 0.33 percent, from Tuesday to 20,485.71.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 5.78 points, or 0.35 percent, to 1, 666.44. Endi