TOKYO, March 2 (Xinhua) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index ended basically flat Thursday as high-technology points misplaced floor on issues that extended rate of interest hikes would affect the expansion of associated U.S. corporations.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 17.66 factors, or 0.06 %, from Wednesday to shut the day at 27,498.87.
The broader Topix index, in the meantime, misplaced 3.24 factors, or 0.16 %, to complete at 1,994.57.
Technology shares together with Sony and Tokyo Electron had been among the many notable decliners, though losses had been trimmed by tourism-linked points akin to division retailer operators Takashimaya and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings.
By the shut of play, electrical energy and gasoline, electrical equipment, and precision instrument points comprised people who declined essentially the most.
The turnover on the second buying and selling day of the week got here to 2,681.75 billion yen (19.64 billion U.S. {dollars}).