Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Rubber, Transport and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 3.16% or 1650.0 points to trade at 53850.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 1.99% or 23.5 points to end at 1207.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 1.71% or 90.0 points to 5360.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which fell 4.40% or 160.0 points to trade at 3475.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 4.16% or 332.0 points to end at 7651.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) was down 3.94% or 124.0 points to 3025.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2183 to 1157 and 257 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.86% to 15.28.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.02% or 0.71 to $69.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.60% or 0.47 to hit $77.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 111.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 128.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.49.