Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 7.55% or 164.0 points to trade at 2335.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 6.26% or 163.0 points to end at 2766.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 5.69% or 111.0 points to 2062.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which fell 13.40% or 217.0 points to trade at 1402.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 8.33% or 270.0 points to end at 2970.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) was down 6.01% or 130.0 points to 2033.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1780 to 1698 and 209 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.37% to 26.80.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.48% or 0.30 to $61.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.50 to trade at $1233.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 113.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 129.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 95.69.