Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 3.42% or 43.0 points to trade at 1302.0 at the close. Meanwhile, DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.00% or 32.0 points to end at 1636.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 1.97% or 33.0 points to 1711.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kajima Corp. (T:1812), which fell 3.17% or 51.0 points to trade at 1559.0 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) declined 3.10% or 30.0 points to end at 937.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) was down 3.05% or 34.0 points to 1082.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2427 to 1070 and 215 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.74% to 16.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.35 to $64.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1308.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 111.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 125.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.600.