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 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 10.16% or 130.0 points to trade at 1410.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) added 9.78% or 55.3 points to end at 621.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) was up 6.31% or 1465.0 points to 24670.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 12.27% or 368.0 points to trade at 2631.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 8.27% or 43.0 points to end at 477.0 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) shed 5.72% or 91.5 points to 1509.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2697 to 841 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $70.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.85 to trade at $1816.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 129.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.998.