{"id":77766,"date":"2024-03-13T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equitynewsreport.com\/japan-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-nikkei-225-down-0-40\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T01:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:58:42","slug":"japan-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-nikkei-225-down-0-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equitynewsreport.com\/h\/japan-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-nikkei-225-down-0-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"80\">\n<div id=\"imgCarousel\" class=\"imgCarousel\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40%\" id=\"carouselImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i-invdn-com.investing.com\/news\/LYNXMPEE2T0DT_L.jpg\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"text\">\u00a9 Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40%<\/span><br \/>\n<i class=\"imgGrad\"><\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p>Investing.com \u2013 Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the ,  and  sectors led shares lower.<\/p>\n<p>At the close in Tokyo, the  lost 0.40%.<\/p>\n<p>The best performers of the session on the  were <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> NEC Corp. <\/span><\/span> (TYO:), which rose 3.85% or 383.00 points to trade at 10,325.00 at the close. Meanwhile, <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. <\/span><\/span> (TYO:) added 2.98% or 87.00 points to end at 3,006.00 and <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Tokyo Electron Ltd. <\/span><\/span> (TYO:) was up 2.41% or 880.00 points to 37,390.00 in late trade.<\/p>\n<p>The worst performers of the session were <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. <\/span><\/span> (TYO:), which fell 3.74% or 250.00 points to trade at 6,431.00 at the close. <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Bandai Namco Holdings Inc <\/span><\/span> (TYO:) declined 3.22% or 93.00 points to end at 2,791.00 and <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. <\/span><\/span> (TYO:) was down 3.18% or 204.00 points to 6,219.00.<\/p>\n<p>Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2499 to 1133 and 238 ended unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.05% to 21.96 a new 1-month high.<\/p>\n<p>Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.76% or 0.59 to $78.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.68% or 0.56 to hit $82.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.65 to trade at $2,164.45 a troy ounce.<\/p>\n<p>USD\/JPY was down 0.10% to 147.53, while EUR\/JPY fell 0.08% to 161.22.<\/p>\n<p>The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 102.51.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40% Investing.com \u2013 Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the lost 0.40%. The best performers of the session on the were NEC Corp. (TYO:), which rose 3.85% or 383.00 points to trade at 10,325.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.98% or 87.00 points to end at 3,006.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.41% or 880.00 points to 37,390.00 in late trade. 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