Japan Stocks Lower at Close of Trade; Nikkei 225 Down 0.20%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Non-Metal Minerals and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 4.36% or 279.00 points to trade at 6,685.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) added 4.00% or 305.00 points to end at 7,922.00 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) was up 3.49% or 179.00 points to 5,303.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which fell 5.30% or 106.00 points to trade at 1,893.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 5.19% or 1,255.00 points to end at 22,945.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was down 4.26% or 51.50 points to 1,158.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2212 to 1381 and 277 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.29% to 21.06.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.23% or 0.16 to $69.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.89 to trade at $2,920.69 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 149.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 156.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.41.
Source: Investing.com
