Tokyo: Stocks open flat on Thursday

[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.

AFP