Japanese stock markets are falling at the close of trading. Nikkei 225 down 0.23% from Investing.com

© Reuters Japanese stocks are falling after the close of trading. Nikkei 225 fell 0.23%

Investing.com – Japanese stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday.

At the close of trading in Tokyo, it fell 0.23%.

The top performers for this session were: Rakuten Inc. (TYO:), which rose 7.53% or 44.00 points to trade at 628.00 at the close. meantime, Cyber ​​Agent Co., Ltd. (TYO:) Added 3.33% or 28.50 points to end at 885.10. DIC Corporation (TYO:) rose 2.88% or 77.50 points to 2,771.50 in late trading.

The worst participants in this session were: Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 2.33% or 18.30 points to trade at 767.50 at the close. Pacific Metal Co., Ltd. (TYO:) closed down 2.02% or 25.00 points at 1,214.00. Mitsui Engineering Shipbuilding (TYO:) fell 1.81% or 13.00 points to 706.00.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, declining stocks outnumbered rising stocks by 0 to 0.

The Nikkei 225 index, which measures the implied volatility of options, rose 2.11% to 17.46.

Crude oil for February delivery rose 0.06%, or $0.04, to $70.42 per barrel. In other commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery rose 0.14%, or 0.11%, to $76.00 a barrel, while the February gold futures contract fell 0.03%, or 0.55%, to $2,072.85 an ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.05% to 142.05, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 155.67.

U.S. dollar index futures were trading down 0.08% at 101.81.