Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 2.14% or 6.0 points to trade at 286.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 1.02% or 55.0 points to end at 5442.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was up 0.53% or 3.0 points to 567.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413), which fell 5.36% or 100.0 points to trade at 1764.0 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 5.06% or 53.0 points to end at 994.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 4.86% or 280.0 points to 5480.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2684 to 687 and 136 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.84% to 16.79.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.23% or 0.13 to $57.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.90 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.50% to 112.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.53% to 132.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.27.