Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Textile and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which rose 4.11% or 339.0 points to trade at 8597.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) added 3.28% or 17.0 points to end at 535.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 3.10% or 34.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which fell 5.82% or 230.0 points to trade at 3720.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 5.18% or 600.0 points to end at 10980.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 4.74% or 107.0 points to 2152.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2033 to 1353 and 190 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.26% to 21.11.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.30% or 0.22 to $73.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.23% or 0.18 to hit $77.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1258.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 110.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 128.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.39.