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 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 3.48% or 200.0 points to trade at 5950.0 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) added 2.35% or 455.0 points to end at 19830.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 2.33% or 17.0 points to 746.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 6.95% or 26.0 points to trade at 348.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 6.48% or 39.0 points to end at 563.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) shed 5.73% or 780.0 points to 12840.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2393 to 1096 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.91% or 1.15 to $38.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.38% or 0.99 to hit $40.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.15 to trade at $1908.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 104.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.39% to 122.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.112.