©Reuters. Japanese stocks tumble at the close of trading; Nikkei 225 down 1.31%
Investing.com – Japanese stocks fell after Thursday’s close as losses across sectors led stocks lower.
At the close of Tokyo the decline was 1.31%.
The best performers of the session were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.43% or 248.00 points to trade at 4,813.00 at the close. In the meantime, DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) added 4.35% or 58.50 points to close at 1,403.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose 3.77% or 116.00 points to 3,197.00 in late trading.
The worst performer of the session was Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:), which fell 6.28% or 112.00 points to close at 1,672.50. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell by 6.11% or 1,225.00 points to close at 18,820.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell 4.78% or 27.90 points to 555.70.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, declining stocks outnumbered rising ones from 2291 to 1381 and 208 remained unchanged.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) shares rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.43% or from 248.00 to 4,813.00.
The index, which measures the implied volatility of options on the Nikkei 225, rose 2.40% to 20.87.
Crude oil for April delivery rose 0.04% or 0.03 to $79.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $83.00 a barrel, while the April gold futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.90 to trade at $2,161.10 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY fell 0.60% to 148.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.60% to 161.87.
U.S. dollar index futures fell 0.11% to 103.21.