Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.33%

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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which rose 2.70% or 22.60 points to trade at 858.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) added 2.41% or 62.50 points to end at 2,659.50 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) was up 2.22% or 79.00 points to 3,636.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 6.21% or 285.00 points to trade at 4,303.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 5.32% or 590.00 points to end at 10,495.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was down 3.96% or 940.00 points to 22,770.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2863 to 800 and 209 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $73.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $78.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.25 to trade at $2,051.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 146.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 159.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.57.