Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which rose 6.24% or 175.0 points to trade at 2981.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) added 5.70% or 164.5 points to end at 3050.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 5.05% or 416.0 points to 8646.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which fell 5.46% or 238.0 points to trade at 4123.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (T:9301) declined 4.02% or 102.0 points to end at 2438.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was down 3.21% or 120.0 points to 3620.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2070 to 1282 and 208 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) rose to all time highs; rising 6.24% or 175.0 to 2981.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.60% to 16.16.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.70% or 0.47 to $67.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1310.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 109.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 131.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.17.