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 fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 2.42% or 1530.0 points to trade at 64840.0 at the close. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) added 2.41% or 61.0 points to end at 2589.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was up 2.21% or 29.0 points to 1342.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 4.66% or 134.0 points to trade at 2739.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 3.21% or 63.0 points to end at 1897.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) shed 3.18% or 10.0 points to 304.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2074 to 1378 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.15 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.71% or 0.91 to $52.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 0.96 to hit $61.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.95 to trade at $1339.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 108.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 122.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.607.