TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended Wednesday morning trading mixed, with buying on broadly firm domestic earnings and expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike clashing with selling to lock in gains from a recent rally.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 16.75 points, or 0.09 percent, from Tuesday to end the morning at 19,654.51. In contrast, the broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 2.49 points, or 0.16 percent, to 1,591.97.





