Hundreds of vehicles get clogged with traffic gridlock on the last day of the week at Tejgaon are in the capital on Thursday. NN photo

Tokyo shares open lower after Wall Street drops

AFP, Tokyo :Tokyo shares opened lower Thursday, following drops on Wall Street as US-China trade and tech disputes continued to intensify. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.47 percent, or 100.50 points, to 21,182.87 in early trade, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.39 percent, or 6.09 points, to 1,540.12.“Japanese shares are seen pressured by falls in the US market and a halt in the yen’s depreciation” against the dollar, Yoshihiro Ito, chief strategist at Okasan Online Securities said in...

25 May 2019, 12:00 am