Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Paper & Pulp and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 3.85% or 5.0 points to trade at 135.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 2.38% or 100.0 points to end at 4300.0 and Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) was up 1.32% or 6.0 points to 461.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which fell 6.67% or 45.0 points to trade at 630.0 at the close. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) declined 6.13% or 168.0 points to end at 2574.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was down 5.94% or 123.0 points to 1946.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1400 to 446 and 60 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.22% to 23.48.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.91% or 0.35 to $38.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.68% or 0.27 to hit $40.12 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1239.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.32% to 112.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 126.96.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.05.