Tokyo stocks fall on U.S. tech decline

TOKYO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks continued to fall on Friday, tracking overnight drops of tech shares on Wall Street, while anticipation of potential interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan spurred a wave of sell-offs.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, declined 1027.58 points, or 2.63 percent, to close at 38,053.67.

In the United States, the tech-heavy Nasdaq