Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Food and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502), which rose 3.19% or 46.5 points to trade at 1502.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) added 3.10% or 84.5 points to end at 2810.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 2.99% or 90.0 points to 3105.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which fell 5.41% or 158.0 points to trade at 2763.0 at the close. Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) declined 4.86% or 99.0 points to end at 1938.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was down 4.83% or 480.0 points to 9455.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2244 to 1180 and 124 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.19% to 22.82.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.06% or 0.69 to $64.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.79% or 0.55 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1340.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 105.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 130.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.08.