Japanese stocks fall 1.8% in morning trade as Wall Street woes continue High Street Networking

20 September 2001, 09:10 Japanese stocks fall 1.8% in morning trade as Wall Street woes continue

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (AFP) - Share prices in Tokyo dropped Thursday morning, pressured mainly by an overnight fall on Wall Street, brokers said. The headline Nikkei-225 average skidded 179.42 points or 1.8% to end the morning session at 9,760.18.