TOKYO: Tokyo shares closed lower on Wednesday as extra than half the firms at the Topix index traded without the proper to a September dividend price.
A sturdy yen additionally hit exporters, from Toyota to Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing, at the same time as energy stocks were beneath stress beforehand of the start of a key OPEC oil cartel assembly.
Tokyo’s drop accompanied a global rally Tuesday as Hillary Clinton was judged to have gained the primary presidential debate with Republican rival Donald Trump — the Democrat is widely seen as a more secure pair of palms politically and economically.
At the close, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index become down 1.31 percent, or 218.53 factors, at sixteen,465.40, after rallying the day before today.