Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the declined 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nidec Corp (TYO:), which rose 6.09% or 413.00 points to trade at 7,200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.51% or 151.00 points to end at 6,162.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.83% or 240.00 points to 13,350.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which fell 7.39% or 34.60 points to trade at 433.30 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 5.44% or 120.50 points to end at 2,095.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 4.65% or 111.50 points to 2,284.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3027 to 633 and 218 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.48% to 20.60 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.52% or 0.40 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.49% or 0.40 to hit $81.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.55 to trade at $2,415.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 154.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.70% to 167.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.17.
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