Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.72% 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 fell 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.68% or 38.00 points to trade at 1,070.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.54% or 44.00 points to end at 1,287.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) was up 3.17% or 82.00 points to 2,671.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.78% or 1,760.00 points to trade at 44,820.00 at the close. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:) declined 2.30% or 104.00 points to end at 4,416.00 and TDK Corp (TYO:) was down 2.27% or 110.00 points to 4,730.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1951 to 1499 and 346 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 21.97% to 22.43 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $74.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $79.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.25 to trade at $1,786.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 137.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 143.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 105.60.