Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Machinery and Finance & Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which rose 4.94% or 90.0 points to trade at 1912.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 3.08% or 1100.0 points to end at 36760.0 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) was up 2.99% or 8.0 points to 276.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which fell 4.54% or 43.0 points to trade at 904.0 at the close. TDK Corp. (T:6762) declined 4.23% or 290.0 points to end at 6570.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was down 3.88% or 82.0 points to 2031.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1041 to 700 and 149 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.13% to 22.61 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.21% or 0.50 to $40.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.12% or 0.47 to hit $41.32 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.07% or 13.40 to trade at $1235.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 112.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 125.80.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.83
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