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 Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 4.95% or 510.0 points to trade at 10805.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 4.46% or 185.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was up 4.11% or 110.5 points to 2800.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which fell 7.19% or 82.0 points to trade at 1059.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 6.69% or 39.0 points to end at 544.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was down 5.18% or 96.0 points to 1757.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2335 to 1301 and 139 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.56.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.10% or 0.02 to $20.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.72% or 0.51 to hit $29.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.89% or 33.40 to trade at $1735.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 107.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 117.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.192.