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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Japan stock prices lower after close of trade. Nikkei225 is down 0.4%

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

Tokyo closed with a loss of 0.4%

Z Holdings Corp. T: was among the top performers for the session. It rose by 3.33%, or 21.5 points, to trade at 667.4 close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. T: added 2.15%, or 260.0 points, to reach 12370.0 DOWA Holdings Co. Ltd. T: was trading at 1.68%, or 80.0 points higher than usual to 4835.0 late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:) fell by 2.42%, or 140.0 point to close at 5640.0 Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. T: dropped 2.38%, or 52.0 points, to finish at 213.0 and Konami Corp. The (T:), was lower by 2.13%, or 120.0 points, to 5520.0.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpassing advancing stocks from 1959 through 1601; 234 ended the same.

The implied volatility index of Nikkei’s 225 options was lower by 0.16%, to 19.00.

The February delivery of crude oil was 0.12% lower or 0.09 below $76.47 per barrel. Brent oil, which was due for delivery on March 10, fell 0.13 or 0.10, hitting $79.11/barrel. Meanwhile, the February Gold Futures contract lost 0.47% (or 8.40) to trade at $1797.40 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.20% at 115.17 while EUR/JPY dropped 0.07% at 130.35.

At 96.102, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.18%.

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