Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Railway & Bus and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 4.16% or 19.6 points to trade at 490.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 1.95% or 48.0 points to end at 2513.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 1.93% or 60.0 points to 3165.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 12.17% or 26.3 points to trade at 189.8 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 4.29% or 38.0 points to end at 847.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) was down 3.32% or 9.0 points to 262.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2327 to 722 and 307 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.20% to 15.46.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.82% or 0.87 to $48.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.55% or 0.79 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1202.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 114.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 121.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 101.34.