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 4.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:), which rose 3.08% or 96.00 points to trade at 3,210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) added 2.56% or 550.00 points to end at 22,000.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.89% or 69.00 points to 3,719.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 9.19% or 335.00 points to trade at 3,312.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 8.92% or 947.00 points to end at 9,668.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 8.55% or 2,150.00 points to 22,995.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3558 to 228 and 86 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.99% to 21.53.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.48% or 0.34 to $70.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $73.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.05 to trade at $2,519.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 145.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 160.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 101.65.
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