Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Gas & Water and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 2.51% or 71.5 points to trade at 2920.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Nikon Corp. (T:7731) added 1.86% or 29.0 points to end at 1586.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 1.78% or 40.0 points to 2282.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015), which fell 5.46% or 143.0 points to trade at 2477.0 at the close. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) declined 4.55% or 11.0 points to end at 231.0 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) was down 4.37% or 100.0 points to 2190.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1178 to 431 and 106 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.80% to 26.79.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.96% or 0.47 to $48.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.04% or 0.52 to hit $49.37 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1218.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.65% to 109.98, while EUR/JPY fell 0.71% to 122.38.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.77.