TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Rubber, Glass and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which rose 3.86% or 112.0 points to trade at 3010.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) added 1.80% or 5.0 points to end at 283.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) was up 1.57% or 7.0 points to 452.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which fell 7.73% or 98.0 points to trade at 1169.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 5.46% or 19.0 points to end at 329.0 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) was down 5.41% or 136.0 points to 2377.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1675 to 195 and 1 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.85% to 27.47.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $46.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.67% or 7.80 to trade at $1173.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 119.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 136.49.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.67.
