Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.05%

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 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:), which rose 3.16% or 15.0 points to trade at 489.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:) added 2.30% or 23.0 points to end at 1022.0 and Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:) was up 2.17% or 51.0 points to 2397.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:), which fell 5.21% or 3500.0 points to trade at 63700.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:) declined 4.50% or 86.0 points to end at 1826.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:) was down 3.49% or 277.0 points to 7654.0.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1798 to 1681 and 289 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.77.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.34 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.55 to trade at $1488.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 120.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.710.

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