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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.87%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Financial Services and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.87%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519), which rose 3.53% or 237.00 points to trade at 6,954.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DIC Corp (TYO:4631) added 2.77% or 95.00 points to end at 3,520.00 and Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO:7974) was up 2.43% or 216.00 points to 9,119.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which fell 5.80% or 130.50 points to trade at 2,121.00 at the close. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 5.23% or 855.00 points to end at 15,505.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) was down 5.15% or 275.00 points to 5,062.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2672 to 975 and 228 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 21.79.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.22% or 0.16 to $73.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 9.89 to trade at $2,682.29 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 158.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 162.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 109.00.

This post appeared first on investing.com

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