Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Textile and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which rose 4.11% or 339.0 points to trade at 8597.0 at the close. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) added 3.28% or 17.0 points to end at 535.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 3.10% or 34.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 5.82% or 230.0 points to trade at 3720.0 in late trade. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 5.18% or 600.0 points to end at 10980.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 4.74% or 107.0 points to 2152.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2033 to 1353 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.26% to 21.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.30% or 0.22 to $73.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $77.93 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1258.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 110.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 128.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.39.