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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.53%

2022.09.01 10:53

Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.53%
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.53%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Trading sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.53%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sekisui House, Ltd. (TYO:1928), which rose 5.96% or 141.50 points to trade at 2,515.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 2.91% or 87.00 points to end at 3,080.00 and Haseko Corp (TYO:1808) was up 2.81% or 45.00 points to 1,645.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which fell 4.62% or 12.00 points to trade at 248.00 at the close. Marubeni Corp. (TYO:8002) declined 4.24% or 61.50 points to end at 1,390.50 and Denso Corp. (TYO:6902) was down 4.17% or 319.00 points to 7,332.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2946 to 603 and 230 ended unchanged.

Shares in Haseko Corp (TYO:1808) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.81% or 45.00 to 1,645.00.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.85% to 19.91.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.05% or 0.94 to $88.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.00% or 0.96 to hit $94.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 8.95 to trade at $1,717.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 139.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 139.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.92.

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