Off the wire
• India extends 1 mln USD to cyclone-hit Fiji  • Interview: Mexico strives to attract more Chinese tourists  • Taliban claims responsibility for suicide attack killing 14 Afghans  • Coral reef sharks aren't apex predators: Aussie research  • Urgent: Four-nation talks on Afghan peace process opens in Kabul  • S.Korea's January export volume posts biggest decline in nearly 7 years  • Americans continue to view China as top economic power: poll  • (Sports)Australia's biggest league names 1st female umpire in 120-year history  • 29 nabbed in drug ring bust  • Economic Watch: No need for panic about China's economy  
You are here: 　 Home

Tokyo shares end slightly lower on stronger yen

Xinhua, February 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares ended the choppy trading Tuesday lower by erasing gains in the morning session as sentiment here brought by rising oil prices was weighed by the Japanese yen's advance that triggered selling of export-oriented issues.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged down 59.00 points, or 0.37 percent, from Monday at 16,052.05.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 8.83 points, or 0.68 percent, to 1,291.17.

Decliners were led by fishery, agriculture and forestry, real estate, and information and communication issues.

The day's turnover was about 2,292.5 billion yen (around 20.40 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem