TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Real Estate and Rubber sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TOKYO:2002), which rose 5.00% or 78.0 points to trade at 1637.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5202) added 4.48% or 6.0 points to end at 140.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TOKYO:6702) was up 4.35% or 30.4 points to 728.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9502), which fell 3.47% or 70.0 points to trade at 1945.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7735) declined 2.94% or 27.0 points to end at 891.0 and Nitto Denko Co (TOKYO:6988) was down 2.76% or 266.0 points to 9382.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1014 to 866 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TOKYO:2002) rose to all time highs; up 5.00% or 78.0 to 1637.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.15% to 18.55.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.78% or 0.47 to $60.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.33 to hit $65.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1191.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 123.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 138.47.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.78.
