Tokyo shares slide on profit-taking, US tech fall

 



Tokyo shares dropped Thursday on profit-taking following recent gains, with falls of US tech shares and a shock interest rate hike by Canada's central bank also encouraging selling. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.85 percent, or 272.47 points, to 31,641.27, while the broader Topix index fell 0.67 percent, or 14.80 points, to 2,191.50.

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