Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.50% 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 1.50% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 17.29% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 6,784.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:) added 4.96% or 42.00 points to end at 889.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.25% or 29.00 points to 920.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.07% or 28.00 points to trade at 524.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) declined 4.85% or 29.00 points to end at 569.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 4.57% or 320.00 points to 6,680.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2344 to 1252 and 202 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 24.48.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.91% or 1.50 to $77.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.73% or 1.47 to hit $83.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 11.95 to trade at $1,624.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 144.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.42% to 138.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 114.46.