Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which rose 6.24% or 175.0 points to trade at 2981.5 at the close. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) added 5.70% or 164.5 points to end at 3050.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 5.05% or 416.0 points to 8646.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which lost 5.46% or 238.0 points to trade at 4123.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (T:9301) declined 4.02% or 102.0 points to end at 2438.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) shed 3.21% or 120.0 points to 3620.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2070 to 1282 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.60% to 16.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.70% or 0.47 to $67.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1310.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 109.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 131.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.17.