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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.71% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Japan stock prices lower after close of trade. Nikkei225 is down 1.71%

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

Tokyo closed with a loss of 1.71%.

They were the top performers at the session Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:) traded at 2793.0 after the close, up 9.55%. Meanwhile, Trend Micro Inc. (T:), an additional 2.72%, or 160.0 points, to bring the total up to 6050.0 Inpex Corp. Late trade saw a rise in (T:), which was up 1.69%, or 19.0 points, to 1146.0

They were also the session’s worst performers Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. T:, which dropped 6.96% (530.0 points) to close at 7090.0 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. T: dropped 6.02%, or 36.0 points, to finish at 562.1 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. T: was lower by 5.85%, or 19.0 points, to 306.0

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 2942 to 648, and ended the day unchanged at 188

The implied volatility index of Nikkei options was up by 2.64% to 26.02.

The price of crude oil in April delivery rose 3.68%, or 3.32 to $93.53 per barrel. Brent oil rose 1.95 or 2.10% to $94.94 per barrel in commodity trading. The April Gold Futures contract dropped 0.63% to $1911.85 an ounce.

USD/JPY was stable at 114.74 whereas EUR/JPY increased 0.02% at 129.79

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.1% at 96.112.

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