Japan's stock market closed Wednesday trading falling amid negative dynamics of the pulp and paper industry, glass manufacturing and fishing industry sectors.
At the close of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225 fell 0.98%, reaching a monthly minimum.
The leaders of growth among the components of the Nikkei 225 index, at the end of Wednesday trading were the shares of Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T: 8253), which went up by 74.0 p. (3.19%), closing at 2394.0. Quotes of JX Holdings, Inc. (T: 5020) rose 7.7 p. (1.55%), ending trading at 505.9. Shares of Toshiba Corp. (T: 6502) rose 4.2 p. (1.43%), closing at 297.2.
Leaders of falling were shares of Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T: 5301), the price of which fell by 13.0 p. (3.61%), ending the session at around 347.0. Shares of Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T: 8729) rose 81.0 p. (3.53%), closing at 2212.0 and shares of The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T: 8750) fell in price by 72.0 p. (3.41%) and closed trading at around 2042.0.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the number of declining securities (1462) exceeded the number closed in positive territory (411).
The Volatility Index – Nikkei Volatility, which is based on indicators of options trading on Nikkei 225, rose 4.04% to reach 21.91.
Futures of WTI crude oil for January delivery added 2.09%, or 0.79, reaching $ 38.30 per barrel. As for other commodities, the price of Brent crude oil for January delivery rose 1.50%, or 0.61, to $ 40.88 for a barrel. Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.09%, or 1.00, to $ 1076.30 for an ounce.
Meanwhile the Forex USD/JPY pair fell 0.15% to 122.75, and the quotations of EUR/JPY rose 0.09%, reaching 134.02.
The USD Index, which tracks the balance of the US currency against a basket of major currencies, fell 0.19% to 98.23.