Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which rose 3.43% or 162.0 points to trade at 4884.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 2.95% or 42.5 points to end at 1483.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 2.87% or 13.0 points to 466.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. (T:4041), which fell 11.18% or 55.0 points to trade at 437.0 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 4.97% or 61.5 points to end at 1176.5 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) was down 4.04% or 61.5 points to 1461.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1086 to 795 and 175 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.68% to 22.16.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.80% or 0.36 to $45.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.63% or 0.30 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.55 to trade at $1356.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.63% to 101.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.62% to 114.12.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.72.