Investing.com – Japanese stocks were lower after Wednesday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the price fell 0.32%.
The best artists of the session on the were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.66% 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:) rose 4.28% or 291.00 points to 7,089.00 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 2.50% 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 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell 2.17% or 185.00 points to 8,326.00.
From 1835 to 1811, rising stocks exceeded falling stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and 252 ended unchanged.
The shares in Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) rose to its highest level in five years; rising by 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 fell 0.09%, or 0.06, to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities 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 per 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.
