Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Insurance and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which rose 23.70% or 80.00 points to trade at 417.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 19.65% or 80.00 points to end at 487.20 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 5.54% or 53.10 points to 1,011.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which fell 4.46% or 27.00 points to trade at 579.00 at the close. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) declined 4.24% or 214.00 points to end at 4,832.00 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was down 4.10% or 403.00 points to 9,434.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2044 to 1550 and 284 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.72% to 19.96.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.19 to trade at $2,661.81 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 153.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 161.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.55.