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 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which rose 4.04% or 27.0 points to trade at 696.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 2.67% or 1740.0 points to end at 66830.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) was up 2.51% or 93.0 points to 3792.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which fell 5.55% or 147.0 points to trade at 2502.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 4.94% or 190.0 points to end at 3660.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was down 4.78% or 144.0 points to 2871.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1815 to 1687 and 224 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.04 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.19 to $56.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $62.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 19.95 to trade at $1427.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 107.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 121.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.393.