Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Transport and Communication sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9602 ), which rose 6.04% or 461.00 points to trade at 8,097.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4523 ) added 3.70% or 138.00 points to end at 3,865.00 and Shimizu Corp. (TYO: 1803 ) was up 2.93% or 39.00 points to 1,372.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ), which fell 6.55% or 380.00 points to trade at 5,423.00 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (TYO: 3436 ) declined 5.95% or 54.20 points to end at 856.20 and Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO: 3402 ) was down 4.39% or 40.50 points to 883.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2264 to 1368 and 222 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.82% or 0.50 to $60.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.71% or 0.46 to hit $64.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 2.21% or 71.69 to trade at $3,312.09 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.62% to 142.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.60.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 99.33.