Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Rubber, Marine Transport and Retail sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 13.05% or 308.00 points to trade at 2,669.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 7.40% or 69.80 points to end at 1,013.50 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was up 6.69% or 495.00 points to 7,899.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901), which fell 4.64% or 151.00 points to trade at 3,104.00 at the close. Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) declined 4.54% or 220.00 points to end at 4,622.00 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) was down 3.67% or 56.50 points to 1,481.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2027 to 1558 and 280 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.75% to 20.53.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.54% or 0.39 to $72.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.50% or 0.38 to hit $76.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.41 to trade at $2,949.41 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 151.65, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 158.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 106.81.