Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which rose 6.82% or 266.00 points to trade at 4,166.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 5.58% or 206.00 points to end at 3,899.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) was up 3.97% or 111.50 points to 2,919.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which lost 2.54% or 930.00 points to trade at 35,700.00 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO:2531) declined 2.33% or 27.50 points to end at 1,153.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) shed 2.19% or 32.50 points to 1,453.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2223 to 1379 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.41% to 19.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.65% or 1.15 to $70.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.40 to hit $75.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.70 to trade at $1,931.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 144.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 157.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.68.