© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.26%
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 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:), which rose 10.99% or 304.50 points to trade at 3,074.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) added 10.39% or 156.50 points to end at 1,663.00 and LY Corp (TYO:) was up 5.73% or 23.40 points to 431.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 10.91% or 128.00 points to trade at 1,045.00 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 8.67% or 319.00 points to end at 3,359.00 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 7.95% or 271.00 points to 3,139.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2758 to 926 and 164 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 10.99% or 304.50 to 3,074.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.75% to 20.16.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.13% or 0.10 to $77.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $81.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 1.00 to trade at $1,974.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 150.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 105.50.
