Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.21% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the declined 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the were IHI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.52% or 230.00 points to trade at 3,760.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.86% or 125.00 points to end at 3,365.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.83% or 344.00 points to 9,332.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.29% or 110.00 points to trade at 3,235.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) declined 3.29% or 17.00 points to end at 499.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.15% or 210.00 points to 6,450.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2391 to 1141 and 276 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.97% to 18.71.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.73% or 0.57 to $78.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.76% or 0.64 to hit $84.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.45 to trade at $1,769.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 138.42, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 143.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 106.54.