Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which rose 5.99% or 159.0 points to trade at 2812.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) added 5.95% or 130.0 points to end at 2316.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 5.69% or 125.0 points to 2322.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which fell 8.32% or 380.0 points to trade at 4190.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) declined 4.73% or 1015.0 points to end at 20460.0 and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) was down 3.82% or 73.0 points to 1839.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2477 to 932 and 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.99% or 159.0 to 2812.0. Shares in Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) rose to all time highs; up 5.95% or 130.0 to 2316.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.78% to 17.65 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.53% or 0.34 to $64.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.90 to trade at $1342.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 108.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 135.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.67.