Tokyo stocks down 1.02% by break
Tokyo stocks fell 1.02 percent Thursday morning after a three-day holiday, tracking declines on Wall Street which reacted to poor US jobs data and a warning from the Federal Reserve chief on high equity valuations.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 199.81 points to 19,331.82 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.64 percent, or 10.15 points, to 1,575.46.