Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.73% By Investing.com

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 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 23.70% or 80.00 points to trade at 417.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) added 19.65% or 80.00 points to end at 487.20 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) was up 5.54% or 53.10 points to 1,011.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 4.46% or 27.00 points to trade at 579.00 at the close. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.24% or 214.00 points to end at 4,832.00 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:) was down 4.10% or 403.00 points to 9,434.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2044 to 1550 and 284 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.72% to 19.96.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.19 to trade at $2,661.81 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 153.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 161.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.55.