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 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.59% or 253.00 points to trade at 4,782.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fanuc Corp. (TYO:) added 4.53% or 179.00 points to end at 4,130.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.50% or 179.00 points to 4,155.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 13.11% or 406.50 points to trade at 2,693.50 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) declined 5.11% or 51.20 points to end at 951.30 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was down 4.04% or 220.00 points to 5,225.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1810 to 1777 and 286 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.20% to 25.73.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.32% or 0.23 to $71.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $74.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 4.45 to trade at $2,681.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 143.49, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 160.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.01.
