Nikkei edges down amid lack of incentives

The Japan share market finished session marginally lower after moving around the previous day's closing levels throughout the day on Thursday, 22 June 2017, as investors' sentiments lacklustre amid a dearth of fresh incentives to trade on. Mining, insurance, and oil and coal product-related issues comprised those that declined the most by the close of play, while pharmaceuticals, banks and electronics makers provided support. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 28.28 points, or 0.14%, to end at 20,110.51. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed down 1.18 points, or 0.07%, at 1,610.38. Advancing issues outpaced declining ones by 992 to 876 on the First Section. Trading volume on the main section came to 1,550.40 million shares, declining from Wednesday's volume of 1,634.36 million shares. The turnover on the penultimate trading day of the week totaled 2,077.1 billion yen.

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