Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.36% 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 1.36% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which rose 4.11% or 125.00 points to trade at 3,170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.17% or 160.00 points to end at 7,540.00 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.86% or 12.00 points to 658.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 7.51% or 22.00 points to trade at 271.00 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.61% or 113.00 points to end at 2,337.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.94% or 950.00 points to 23,145.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2732 to 801 and 244 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.09% to 21.25.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.79% or 2.34 to $86.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.68% or 2.43 to hit $93.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 8.25 to trade at $1,679.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 143.63, while EUR/JPY fell 0.70% to 142.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 110.42.