Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.85%

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 0.85%.

The best performers of the session on the were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:), which rose 6.34% or 309.0 points to trade at 5180.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:) added 3.38% or 190.0 points to end at 5810.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:) was up 2.72% or 35.5 points to 1338.5 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:), which fell 5.08% or 72.0 points to trade at 1344.0 at the close. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:) declined 3.85% or 130.0 points to end at 3245.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:) was down 3.27% or 31.0 points to 918.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2538 to 1013 and 204 ended unchanged.

Shares in Advantest Corp. (T:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.38% or 190.0 to 5810.0.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.14 a new 3-months low.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.44% or 0.25 to $56.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $61.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 9.35 to trade at $1463.05 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 109.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 120.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 98.200.

Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. All CFDs (stocks, indexes, futures) and Forex prices are not provided by exchanges but rather by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual market price, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Therefore Fusion Media doesn`t bear any responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using this data.

Fusion Media or anyone involved with Fusion Media will not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information including data, quotes, charts and buy/sell signals contained within this website. Please be fully informed regarding the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest investment forms possible.