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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.73% Stock Markets

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Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.73%© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.73%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Power sectors led shares lower.

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

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The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:6479), which rose 3.40% or 84.50 points to trade at 2,567.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) added 3.21% or 137.00 points to end at 4,407.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 1.72% or 275.00 points to 16,230.00 in late trade.

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The worst performers of the session were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which fell 4.33% or 101.50 points to trade at 2,242.50 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 4.16% or 23.00 points to end at 529.50 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was down 3.88% or 91.50 points to 2,266.50.

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Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2766 to 911 and 187 ended unchanged.

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The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.82% to 16.92.

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Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.12% or 1.01 to $89.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.12% or 1.06 to hit $93.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.75 to trade at $1,949.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 148.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 158.19.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.86.

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