Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 3.47%

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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 3.47%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019), which rose 1.94% or 45.0 points to trade at 2370.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) added 0.82% or 23.5 points to end at 2895.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 0.49% or 32.0 points to 6535.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which fell 9.91% or 56.0 points to trade at 509.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 7.69% or 23.0 points to end at 276.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was down 7.21% or 275.0 points to 3538.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3018 to 574 and 107 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 33.42.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.14% or 1.50 to $34.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.81% or 1.09 to hit $37.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.83% or 14.45 to trade at $1722.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 120.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.297.