Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Paper & Pulp and Marine Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 5.87% or 342.00 points to trade at 6,167.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) added 3.17% or 105.00 points to end at 3,420.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) was up 2.75% or 91.00 points to 3,403.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605), which fell 10.05% or 149.00 points to trade at 1,333.00 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) declined 8.62% or 37.00 points to end at 392.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) was down 7.87% or 194.00 points to 2,272.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2300 to 1193 and 261 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.31% to 22.46.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.71% or 1.70 to $101.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.18% or 2.24 to hit $105.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.20 to trade at $1,767.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 135.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 139.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 106.28.