Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Steel, Fishery and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 8.03% or 135.0 points to trade at 1817.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) added 3.00% or 35.0 points to end at 1202.5 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 2.12% or 14.0 points to 675.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which fell 3.95% or 170.0 points to trade at 4135.0 at the close. Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) declined 3.75% or 20.0 points to end at 514.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was down 3.38% or 11.0 points to 314.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2122 to 945 and 305 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advantest Corp. (T:6857) rose to 3-years highs; up 8.03% or 135.0 to 1817.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 17.78.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.54% or 0.29 to $53.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.60 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.45 to trade at $1138.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 117.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 122.31.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 103.07.