Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270), which rose 5.65% or 45.0 points to trade at 841.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 5.60% or 26.0 points to end at 490.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 3.79% or 106.0 points to 2902.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which fell 5.93% or 26.0 points to trade at 412.5 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 4.69% or 13.0 points to end at 264.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was down 4.07% or 274.0 points to 6459.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1471 to 412 and 115 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.93% or 26.0 to 412.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.78% to 34.50.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.92% or 0.46 to $50.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.75% or 0.38 to hit $51.00 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.35 to trade at $1267.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 104.53, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 93.96.