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Tokyo stocks end flat as profit taking counteracts Wall Street's lead

Xinhua, February 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks ended flat Wednesday as profit taking on the market's recent rise was cancelled out by investors buying on strong leads from Wall Street overnight.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 1.57 points, or 0.01 percent, from Tuesday to close at 19,379.87.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, edged up 1.49 points, or 0.10 percent, to finish at 1,557.09,

Issues that comprised the day's notable advancers were led by marine transportation, and iron and steel-linked stocks.

Real estate and insurance issues, meanwhile, comprised the day's most notable decliners.

Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones 920 to 906 on the First Section, and trading volume on the main section totaled 2,174.80 million shares, from Tuesday's volume of 1,528.43 million shares.

The day's turnover was 2,106 billion yen (18.57 billion U.S. dollars). Endit