Investing.com – Japan stocks closed lower this Wednesday; the declines of the sectors, and drove the indices downward.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.32%.
The best performers of the session were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.66%, 41.30 points, to close at 518.30. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp (TYO:) advanced 4.57%, or 129.50 points, to close at 2,964.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) rose 4.28% or 291.00 points to 7,089.00 at the end of the session.
The worst results of the session were Rakuten Inc. (TYO:), which fell 2.50%, that is, 22.30 points, to close at 869.50. 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.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange between 1835 and 1811, and 252 ended unchanged.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) shares rose to 5-year highs; rising 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 delivery fell 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil futures for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while Gold futures for delivery in February were unchanged 0.00%, 0.00, up to $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 rose 0.18% to 108.00.