TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks drifted lower Thursday morning, despite another record close on Wall Street after the Fed decided to hike interest rates, as a pick up in the yen hit electronics firms.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.43 percent, or 86.06 points, to 19,797.46 by the lunch break while the Topix index of all first-section issues lost 0.40 percent, or 6.42 points, to end the morning at 1,585.35.
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