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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.33%
Published Jul 23, 2018 04:35AM ET
© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.33%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Rubber and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 7.19% or 41.0 points to trade at 611.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 6.85% or 41.1 points to end at 641.1 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) was up 6.16% or 46.0 points to 793.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which fell 5.72% or 3030.0 points to trade at 49900.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.74% or 98.0 points to end at 1969.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was down 3.51% or 200.0 points to 5500.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1888 to 1445 and 238 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.80% to 16.38.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1230.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.41% to 111.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 130.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.15.
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