Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fishery, Banking and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841), which rose 10.99% or 304.50 points to trade at 3,074.00 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) added 10.39% or 156.50 points to end at 1,663.00 and LY Corp (TYO:4689) was up 5.73% or 23.40 points to 431.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301), which lost 10.91% or 128.00 points to trade at 1,045.00 in late trade. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) declined 8.67% or 319.00 points to end at 3,359.00 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) shed 7.95% or 271.00 points to 3,139.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2758 to 926 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.75% to 20.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.12% or 0.09 to $77.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.15 to trade at $1,974.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 150.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 105.50.