Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fishery, Precision Instruments and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 11.37% or 130.0 points to trade at 1273.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) added 7.10% or 100.0 points to end at 1507.5 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 4.34% or 92.0 points to 2214.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which fell 8.28% or 115.0 points to trade at 1274.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) declined 6.64% or 144.5 points to end at 2031.5 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was down 5.30% or 115.0 points to 2053.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1714 to 1568 and 223 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) rose to all time highs; up 7.10% or 100.0 to 1507.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.19% to 16.45.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.54% or 0.31 to $56.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.87 to trade at $1278.67 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 113.79, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 131.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.75.