TOKYO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks continued to slide Wednesday morning, driving the benchmark Nikkei index to its lowest intraday level in nearly five months amid increasing anxiety over the course of the U.S. economy.

    The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 144.67 points, or 0.94 percent, to end the morning at 15,240.19, after briefly hitting 15,225.76, a level unseen since Jan. 18.

    The Tokyo Stock Price Index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined 19.55 points, or 1.25 percent, to 1,547.75. Enditem