Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Steel, Mining and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which rose 24.45% or 300.00 points to trade at 1,527.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 7.17% or 125.50 points to end at 1,876.50 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 7.16% or 56.80 points to 849.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omron Cor (TYO:6645), which lost 4.41% or 260.00 points to trade at 5,640.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 3.10% or 605.00 points to end at 18,900.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) shed 2.57% or 39.00 points to 1,478.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2081 to 1564 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.46% to 21.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.48% or 0.38 to $78.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.46% or 0.38 to hit $82.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.95 to trade at $2,040.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 150.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 163.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.91.