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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.05% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Japan stock prices lower after close of trade. Nikkei225 is down 2.05%

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

Tokyo closed at 2.5%.

They were the top performers at the session Chiyoda Corp. (T:) traded at 423.00 after the close, up 14.32%. That’s 53.00 points or 53.00. Meanwhile, JGC Corp. T: added 10.64%, or 132.00 point to reach 1,373.00 Inpex Corp. T: was at 1,390.00, up 3.58% (48.00 points) in late trade.

Softbank Group Corp., (T:) fell 6.1% or 297.00 to trade at 4,483.00 close. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. T: fell 5.17%, or 219.00 points to finish at 4,016.00. TDK Corp was down 5.14% (or 200.00) to 3,690.00.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 2610, 933 and 195 respectively.

The was up 1.4% to 29.70.

Crude oil was 1.84 percent higher at $107.86/barrel for April delivery. Brent oil rose 2.30 or 2.10% to $111.63 per barrel in commodity trading. The April Gold Futures contract dropped 0.39%, or 7.90, to $1,992.50 an ounce.

USD/JPY went up 0.522% to 116.74. EUR/JPY went up 0.69%, to 128.43.

The US Dollar Index Futures was at 98.51 unchanged at 0.00%

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