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 fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 15.69% or 242.0 points to trade at 1784.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 5.96% or 350.0 points to end at 6220.0 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) was up 4.88% or 246.0 points to 5283.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 5.28% or 13.0 points to trade at 233.0 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 4.92% or 21.0 points to end at 406.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 4.86% or 9.0 points to 176.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2043 to 1479 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.55% or 0.22 to $39.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.19 to hit $41.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.31% or 25.05 to trade at $1882.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 104.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 122.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.153.