Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101), which rose 5.23% or 152.50 points to trade at 3,070.00 at the close. East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020) added 3.49% or 296.00 points to end at 8,771.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 3.41% or 180.00 points to 5,455.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which lost 3.42% or 22.00 points to trade at 622.00 in late trade. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 3.05% or 97.00 points to end at 3,088.00 and Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801) shed 2.80% or 145.00 points to 5,031.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2046 to 1538 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.96% to 16.23 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.50% or 0.44 to $89.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.41% or 0.38 to hit $92.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.85 to trade at $1,933.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 147.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 158.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.32.