TOKYO: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock index remained flat on Wednesday, as investors await the outcome of a Bank of Japan meeting and comments from its chief on the government’s decision to delay a sales tax rise.
The benchmark Nikkei inched up 0.02 percent, or 3.70 points, to 17,347.76 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 0.22 percent, or 3.12 points, to 1,398.00 yen.