Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Electrical/Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nidec Corp (TYO:6594), which rose 6.09% or 413.00 points to trade at 7,200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) added 2.51% or 151.00 points to end at 6,162.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 1.83% or 240.00 points to 13,350.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which fell 7.39% or 34.60 points to trade at 433.30 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) declined 5.44% or 120.50 points to end at 2,095.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was down 4.65% or 111.50 points to 2,284.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3027 to 633 and 218 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.48% to 20.60 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.52% or 0.40 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.49% or 0.40 to hit $81.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.55 to trade at $2,415.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 154.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.70% to 167.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.17.