Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 4.35%

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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 4.35%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832 ), which rose 3.08% or 96.00 points to trade at 3,210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843 ) added 2.56% or 550.00 points to end at 22,000.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267 ) 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:5801 ), which fell 9.19% or 335.00 points to trade at 3,312.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735 ) declined 8.92% or 947.00 points to end at 9,668.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035 ) 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 Nikkei Volatility , 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.

Source: Investing.com