Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331), which rose 3.83% or 21.0 points to trade at 569.0 at the close. Meanwhile, KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 2.35% or 65.5 points to end at 2857.5 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 2.33% or 100.0 points to 4385.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which fell 3.16% or 96.0 points to trade at 2944.0 at the close. Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) declined 2.62% or 40.0 points to end at 1485.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was down 2.61% or 65.0 points to 2428.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1863 to 1611 and 248 ended unchanged.
Shares in Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.16% or 96.0 to 2944.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.23.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.63% or 0.94 to $58.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.23% or 0.79 to hit $64.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.25 to trade at $1394.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 108.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 122.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.093.