Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.56% By Investing.com


© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.56%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the declined 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.32% or 85.00 points to trade at 1,107.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.89% or 168.00 points to end at 2,608.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.09% or 145.00 points to 2,527.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:), which fell 7.42% or 177.00 points to trade at 2,208.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 6.05% or 17.00 points to end at 264.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 5.17% or 1,195.00 points to 21,930.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1769 to 1732 and 282 ended unchanged.

Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.09% or 145.00 to 2,527.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.56% to 20.54 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.34% or 0.30 to $88.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $95.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1,713.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 146.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 109.63.

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