Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.39%

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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 10.32% or 169.0 points to trade at 1806.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) added 5.01% or 80.0 points to end at 1676.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 4.72% or 30.0 points to 666.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which fell 11.38% or 265.0 points to trade at 2064.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 9.75% or 254.0 points to end at 2350.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 8.97% or 147.0 points to 1491.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1909 to 1565 and 192 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.56.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.10% or 0.04 to $41.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.40 to trade at $2059.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 105.58, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 124.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.013.