Japanese stocks lower in late trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.32% By Investing.com
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
Finally in Tokyo, it fell by 0.32%.
The musicians who performed best in the session were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.66 percent or 41.30 points to trade at 518.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp (TYO: ) added 4.57% or 129.50 points to end at 2,964.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.28% or 291.00 points to 7,089.00 in late trade.
They did the worst in the session Company Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 2.50 percent or 22.30 points to trade at 869.50 at the close. Konami Corp. (TYO:) fell 2.28% or 340.00 points to end at 14,575.00 and The company Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.17% or 185.00 points to 8,326.00.
Rising stocks outpaced declining prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange from 1835 to 1811 and 252 ended unchanged.
Shares of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) up to 5 years; up 4.28% or 291.00 to 7,089.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 5.78% to 21.84.
Crude oil for February delivery fell 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for March delivery rose 1.24% or 0.90 to $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 157.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 163.90.
US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.18% at 108.00.
