Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Marine Transport and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.15% or 510.0 points to trade at 10405.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 4.21% or 13.0 points to end at 321.5 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 3.75% or 19.0 points to 525.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which fell 4.77% or 53.0 points to trade at 1058.5 at the close. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 4.38% or 28.9 points to end at 631.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was down 3.20% or 140.0 points to 4235.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1796 to 1511 and 242 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.87% to 21.28.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $60.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 106.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 131.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.70.