Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.32%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Marine Transport and Textile sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 4.30% or 100.00 points to trade at 2,423.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) added 3.47% or 30.50 points to end at 909.20 and Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) was up 3.09% or 76.50 points to 2,551.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 4.53% or 38.40 points to trade at 810.20 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) declined 4.07% or 825.00 points to end at 19,460.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was down 3.80% or 172.00 points to 4,352.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2498 to 1156 and 238 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.31% to 22.47 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.63% or 0.46 to $72.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.54% or 0.42 to hit $77.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 9.50 to trade at $2,020.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 147.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 160.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 103.33.