TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday after US shares were dragged down by weakness in oil-linked equities.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 45.03 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 20,540.21 at the start.
On Wall Street, stocks closed lower Friday following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a fall in oil prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.31 per cent, while the broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.22 per cent. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 0.01 per cent.
