Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.63% or 17.0 points to trade at 319.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) added 4.23% or 47.0 points to end at 1159.0 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) was up 3.87% or 57.0 points to 1530.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which fell 3.19% or 67.0 points to trade at 2035.0 at the close. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) declined 3.18% or 79.5 points to end at 2423.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was down 3.09% or 35.0 points to 1098.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2287 to 1210 and 218 ended unchanged.
Shares in Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.18% or 79.5 to 2423.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.37.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.69% or 0.98 to $58.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.26% or 0.81 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.35 to trade at $1412.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 107.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 122.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.713.
