Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments , Non-Metal Minerals and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5801 ), which rose 4.36% or 279.00 points to trade at 6,685.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 2501 ) added 4.00% or 305.00 points to end at 7,922.00 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO: 8830 ) was up 3.49% or 179.00 points to 5,303.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were M3 Inc (TYO: 2413 ), which fell 5.30% or 106.00 points to trade at 1,893.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO: 8035 ) declined 5.19% or 1,255.00 points to end at 22,945.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8308 ) was down 4.26% or 51.50 points to 1,158.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2212 to 1381 and 277 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.29% to 21.06.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.23% or 0.16 to $69.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.89 to trade at $2,920.69 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 149.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 156.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.41.