Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which rose 4.62% or 155.0 points to trade at 3510.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 3.33% or 78.0 points to end at 2420.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was up 2.83% or 15.4 points to 558.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 5.04% or 640.0 points to trade at 12070.0 in late trade. Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272) declined 2.82% or 31.0 points to end at 1069.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) shed 2.23% or 37.0 points to 1621.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1944 to 1529 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.48% or 0.35 to $73.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $75.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.40 to trade at $1780.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 110.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 132.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 91.752.