Tokyo stocks slip

Posted by 7Star Thursday, January 21, 2010

Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.3 percent on Wednesday as Nomura Holdings and other securities firms slid after a brokerage downgrade, while investors held back as the earnings season approaches. Japan Tobacco slid 4.1 percent after Norway said it had dropped the firm and other tobacco companies from its $450 billion wealth fund for ethical reasons.

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