Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 3.62% or 220.0 points to trade at 6300.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) added 2.29% or 29.0 points to end at 1294.0 and Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) was up 2.21% or 140.0 points to 6484.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 3.82% or 12.5 points to trade at 314.4 at the close. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) declined 3.06% or 35.5 points to end at 1124.5 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 2.48% or 11.0 points to 432.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1702 to 1419 and 340 ended unchanged.
Shares in Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) rose to all time highs; up 2.29% or 29.0 to 1294.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.50% to 13.83.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.27% or 0.59 to $45.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.58 to trade at $1269.18 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 110.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 123.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.97.