Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Financial Services and Warehousing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:3405), which rose 8.32% or 85.00 points to trade at 1,107.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 6.89% or 168.00 points to end at 2,608.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was up 6.09% or 145.00 points to 2,527.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674), which fell 7.42% or 177.00 points to trade at 2,208.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) declined 6.05% or 17.00 points to end at 264.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) was down 5.17% or 1,195.00 points to 21,930.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1769 to 1732 and 282 ended unchanged.
Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.09% or 145.00 to 2,527.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.56% to 20.54 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.34% or 0.30 to $88.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $95.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1,713.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 146.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 109.63.