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 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005), which rose 9.65% or 41.0 points to trade at 466.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 7.63% or 27.0 points to end at 381.0 and Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) was up 5.45% or 36.4 points to 704.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which lost 3.97% or 149.0 points to trade at 3601.0 in late trade. Keio Corp. (T:9008) declined 3.90% or 330.0 points to end at 8140.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) shed 3.35% or 77.5 points to 2232.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1844 to 1650 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.29 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.43 to $53.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.73% or 0.41 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 12.70 to trade at $1852.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 103.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 126.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 90.287.