TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average edged down in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors took profits on recent gainers such as drugmakers, but expectations that companies will report good earnings contained losses.
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The Nikkei ended 0.2 percent lower at 19,869.76 after staying flat most of the day.
The broader Topix slipped 0.1 percent at 1,588.81 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 shed 0.2 percent to 14,409.37.
