TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.72 percent Monday morning as profit-taking and a stronger yen offset another record-breaking lead from Wall Street.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange eased 122.28 points to 16,758.10 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was off 0.42 percent, or 5.71 points, at 1,357.96.
Traders took a breather after sending the market surging more than 10 percent over the past two weeks, helped by a weaker yen after the Bank of Japan boosted its monetary easing programme.