A man walks past a stock indicator showing share prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 5, 2018. Tokyo stocks closed higher on April 5 as fears of a US-China trade war eased and the yen weakened against the dollar. / AFP PHOTO / Behrouz MEHRI
Tokyo stocks ended flat Thursday, trimming earlier gains as investors locked in profits ahead of new data on the US economy.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.09 percent, or 21.28 points, at 22,869.50, while the broader Topix index was down 0.03 percent, or 0.46 points, at 1,739.14.
The Tokyo market began the day on solid ground on the back of overnight gains on Wall Street, lifted by hopes the US and Canada would make progress on rewriting the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The yen’s weakness against the dollar…
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