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Tokyo: Stocks open flat on Thursday

Published Thu, May 25, 2017 · 12:36 AM
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[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened flat on Thursday as investors focused on prospects for US interest rates after a widely expected June hike.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped a marginal 0.03 per cent, or 5.52 points, to 19,737.46 in the first few minutes of trading while the Topix index of all first-section issues was also down 0.03 per cent, or 0.48 points at 1,574.63.

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