Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which rose 2.83% or 30.0 points to trade at 1088.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 2.56% or 120.0 points to end at 4800.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 2.28% or 39.5 points to 1773.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which fell 5.71% or 260.0 points to trade at 4290.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 3.76% or 134.0 points to end at 3429.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was down 3.41% or 88.0 points to 2494.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1953 to 1593 and 243 ended unchanged.
Shares in Olympus Corp. (T:7733) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.28% or 39.5 to 1773.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.16.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.19% or 0.11 to $58.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $64.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 7.35 to trade at $1551.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 109.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 122.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.085.