Nikkei down 1.7 pct on Wall St slip, Toyota slides

(Updates to midmorning)

TOKYO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell broadly on Wednesday, slipping 1.7 percent, as investors sold Toyota Motor Corp and other carmakers after the world's biggest automaker forecast its first-ever annual operating loss.

Bridgestone Corp skidded more than 4 percent after Japan's largest tyre maker cut its operating profit forecast for the year to ...