Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Rubber, Shipbuilding and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which rose 6.03% or 56.0 points to trade at 984.0 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) added 5.05% or 190.0 points to end at 3950.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) was up 4.65% or 13.0 points to 292.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which lost 7.50% or 208.5 points to trade at 2571.0 in late trade. Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) declined 6.80% or 246.0 points to end at 3370.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 5.08% or 54.0 points to 1008.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1088 to 831 and 138 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.26% to 19.51 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.84% or 0.36 to $42.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.80% or 0.36 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.00% or 13.45 to trade at $1360.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 101.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 113.03.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.79.