Tokyo: Stocks close down 0.46%

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks closed down 0.46 per cent Thursday, easing from 18-year highs on worries over Greece's stalled debt reform talks.

The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange shed 96.63 points to 20,771.40. The Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.53 per cent, or 8.98 points, to 1,670.91.

AFP