Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Power and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 5.64% or 20.70 points to trade at 387.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382) added 2.90% or 174.00 points to end at 6,174.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 2.58% or 42.00 points to 1,668.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which fell 4.14% or 366.00 points to trade at 8,484.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 3.74% or 590.00 points to end at 15,205.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was down 3.33% or 670.00 points to 19,445.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2607 to 1014 and 228 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.58% or 42.00 to 1,668.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.29% to 21.13.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $74.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $79.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1,939.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 154.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.14.