Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Warehousing, Trading and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 9.38% or 181.0 points to trade at 2110.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 5.28% or 195.0 points to end at 3885.0 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) was up 5.00% or 502.5 points to 10545.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269), which lost 10.39% or 900.0 points to trade at 7760.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 7.44% or 165.0 points to end at 2054.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) shed 6.00% or 84.0 points to 1316.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1859 to 1526 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.29% to 14.60 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $69.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1220.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 110.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.43% to 128.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.06.