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 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 1.93% or 11.0 points to trade at 581.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 1.87% or 7.0 points to end at 382.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.60% or 75.0 points to 4765.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802), which fell 6.51% or 87.5 points to trade at 1256.5 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 4.88% or 10.0 points to end at 195.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was down 4.56% or 97.0 points to 2031.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2172 to 1305 and 228 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.60% or 75.0 to 4765.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.66.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.12% or 0.05 to $41.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.95 to trade at $1879.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 103.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 123.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.273.