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 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 3.22% or 39.5 points to trade at 1266.0 at the close. Meanwhile, KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 2.99% or 85.0 points to end at 2924.5 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 2.69% or 45.0 points to 1717.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which fell 5.43% or 250.0 points to trade at 4350.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 4.76% or 52.0 points to end at 1041.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 4.22% or 175.0 points to 3975.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1766 to 1684 and 261 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.91.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.75% or 0.40 to $54.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.95 to trade at $1488.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 107.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 117.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.863.