Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Precision Instruments and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which rose 3.68% or 193.00 points to trade at 5,443.00 at the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) added 3.61% or 97.50 points to end at 2,802.00 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) was up 2.69% or 154.00 points to 5,889.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303), which lost 4.63% or 102.00 points to trade at 2,103.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 4.39% or 1,610.00 points to end at 35,090.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) shed 3.91% or 19.00 points to 467.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1962 to 1506 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.32% to 25.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.36% or 0.32 to $89.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.15% or 0.14 to hit $94.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 10.35 to trade at $1,675.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 146.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 141.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 113.16.