Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.22%

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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.22%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605 ), which rose 4.41% or 87.00 points to trade at 2,058.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541 ) added 4.02% or 56.00 points to end at 1,448.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713 ) was up 3.22% or 143.00 points to 4,589.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TDK Corp (TYO:6762 ), which fell 5.13% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,847.50 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099 ) declined 4.95% or 116.00 points to end at 2,229.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857 ) was down 4.85% or 334.00 points to 6,556.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2920 to 739 and 198 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.33% to 24.75.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.63% or 1.14 to $70.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.52% or 1.12 to hit $74.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 21.10 to trade at $2,669.20 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 143.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 159.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.00.

Source: Investing.com