Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.81%

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 0.81% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:), which rose 5.64% or 20.70 points to trade at 387.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.90% or 174.00 points to end at 6,174.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:) was up 2.58% or 42.00 points to 1,668.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.14% or 366.00 points to trade at 8,484.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.74% or 590.00 points to end at 15,205.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.33% or 670.00 points to 19,445.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2607 to 1014 and 228 ended unchanged.

Shares in Inpex Corp. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.58% or 42.00 to 1,668.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.29% to 21.13.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $74.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $79.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1,939.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 154.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.14.