Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fishery, Precision Instruments and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 11.37% or 130.0 points to trade at 1273.0 at the close. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) added 7.10% or 100.0 points to end at 1507.5 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 4.34% or 92.0 points to 2214.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which lost 8.28% or 115.0 points to trade at 1274.0 in late trade. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) declined 6.64% or 144.5 points to end at 2031.5 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) shed 5.30% or 115.0 points to 2053.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1714 to 1568 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.19% to 16.45.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.54% or 0.31 to $56.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.79 to trade at $1278.59 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 113.79, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 131.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.75.