Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.87%

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 1.87%.

The best performers of the session on the were Obayashi Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.41% or 80.00 points to trade at 1,892.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.64% or 140.00 points to end at 5,440.00 and Taisei Corp. (TYO:) was up 2.40% or 149.00 points to 6,354.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which fell 13.44% or 3,440.00 points to trade at 22,150.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 9.34% or 1,040.00 points to end at 10,100.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 9.19% or 2,460.00 points to 24,310.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2537 to 1009 and 294 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.67.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.28% or 0.20 to $70.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $74.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 11.45 to trade at $2,690.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 149.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 162.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 103.18.