Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Food and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020), which rose 4.28% or 28.1 points to trade at 683.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Corp. (T:9984) added 3.44% or 266.0 points to end at 7987.5 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 3.20% or 140.0 points to 4516.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which fell 9.28% or 168.0 points to trade at 1642.0 at the close. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) declined 6.45% or 380.0 points to end at 5510.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) was down 4.26% or 348.0 points to 7814.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2146 to 1209 and 187 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.32% to 20.96.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.37% or 0.24 to $65.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.52% or 0.37 to hit $70.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1346.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 106.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 132.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.26.