Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.37% 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 lost 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 9.19% or 66.00 points to trade at 784.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rakuten Inc (TYO:) added 7.70% or 51.00 points to end at 713.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.03% or 205.00 points to 3,605.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 4.06% or 169.00 points to trade at 3,990.00 at the close. Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:) declined 3.39% or 77.00 points to end at 2,196.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.47% or 105.00 points to 4,145.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2217 to 1329 and 281 ended unchanged.

Shares in Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.19% or 66.00 to 784.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.79% to 16.51.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.48% or 1.17 to $77.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.32% or 1.13 to hit $84.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 15.95 to trade at $1,849.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 133.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 142.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 103.51.