Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 7.29% or 275.0 points to trade at 4045.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) added 7.15% or 394.0 points to end at 5904.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was up 6.27% or 183.0 points to 3100.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which fell 12.10% or 287.0 points to trade at 2085.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 8.14% or 48.5 points to end at 547.5 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was down 5.77% or 129.0 points to 2108.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1999 to 1350 and 212 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.63% to 14.86 a new 3-months low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.97% or 2.05 to $71.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.95% or 2.21 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.80 to trade at $1305.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.57% to 109.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.36% to 129.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.13.