Japan shares fall at the close; The Nikkei 225 was down 4.35% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, it was down 4.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO: ), which rose 3.08% or 96.00 points to trade at 3,210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) added 2.56% or 550.00 points to end at 22,000.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) was up 1.89% or 69.00 points to trade at 3,719.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which decreased 9.19% or 335.00 points to trade at 3,312.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 8.92% or 947.00 points to end at 9,668.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) traded down 8.55% or 2,150.00 points to 22,995.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3,558 to 228, while 86 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.99% to 21.53.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.48%, or 0.34, at $70.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery was down 0.39%, or 0.29, at $73.46 a barrel, while December gold futures were down 0.12 % or 3.05, to $2,519.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.11% at 145.31, while EUR/JPY was down 0.09% at 160.53.

US dollar index futures fell 0.11% to 101.65.