Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Glass, Shipbuilding and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 4.30% or 40.3 points to trade at 977.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Terumo Corp. (T:4543) added 2.12% or 120.0 points to end at 5770.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 1.72% or 170.0 points to 10055.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 6.75% or 36.0 points to trade at 497.5 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 4.86% or 67.0 points to end at 1311.5 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) was down 3.67% or 97.5 points to 2557.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1952 to 1418 and 195 ended unchanged.
Shares in Terumo Corp. (T:4543) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.12% or 120.0 to 5770.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.50% to 21.03.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.44% or 0.28 to $62.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.27% or 0.18 to hit $66.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1319.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 107.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 130.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 90.27.