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 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which rose 5.73% or 49.90 points to trade at 920.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:) added 4.29% or 199.00 points to end at 4,835.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.90% or 274.00 points to 7,302.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:), which fell 4.06% or 232.00 points to trade at 5,481.00 at the close. Japan Exchange Group Inc (TYO:) declined 3.93% or 71.00 points to end at 1,735.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:) was down 3.90% or 200.00 points to 4,933.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2392 to 1229 and 252 ended unchanged.
Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.90% or 274.00 to 7,302.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 21.79.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.42 to $74.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.34 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.89 to trade at $2,666.29 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 158.02, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 163.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 108.49.
