TOKYO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo shares closed mixed Thursday, after leaders of the United States and the European Union agreed to work toward eliminating tariffs while buying mood was offset by a report that the Bank of Japan will consider reducing purchases of exchange-traded funds tracking the Nikkei 225 index and allocate more money to Topix-related ETFs.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 27.38 points, or 0.12 percent, from Wednesday at 22,586.87.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 12.3 points, or 0.7 percent, higher at 1,765.78.
Trading volume on the main section came to 1,252.81 million shares, up from Wednesday's 1,138.15 million shares.
Among all shares listed on the First Section, advancing issues outnumbered decliners 1,733 to 309, with 61 ending the day unchanged.
Decliners were led by pharmaceutical, information and communication, and securities issues, while gainers were led by mining, land transportation, and glass and ceramic product issues.
The day's turnover was around 2,395.7 billion yen (21.65 billion U.S. dollars).
