Japan Stock Market Report

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Insurance, and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.73%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were:
– Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) rose 23.70% or 80.00 points to trade at 417.60 at the close.
– Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 19.65% or 80.00 points to end at 487.20.
– Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 5.54% or 53.10 points to 1,011.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) fell 4.46% or 27.00 points to trade at 579.00.
– Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) declined 4.24% or 214.00 points to end at 4,832.00.
– SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was down 4.10% or 403.00 points to 9,434.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2044 to 1550, with 284 ending unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.72% to 19.96.

Commodities Trading

• Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.81 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.34 a barrel.
• The February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.19 to trade at $2,661.81 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 153.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 161.29.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.55.