Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 3.16% or 15.0 points to trade at 489.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 2.30% or 23.0 points to end at 1022.0 and Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928) was up 2.17% or 51.0 points to 2397.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which fell 5.21% or 3500.0 points to trade at 63700.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.50% or 86.0 points to end at 1826.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was down 3.49% or 277.0 points to 7654.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1798 to 1681 and 289 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.77.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.34 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.55 to trade at $1488.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 120.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.710.