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 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 3.62% or 310.0 points to trade at 8870.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 3.53% or 410.0 points to end at 12040.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 3.43% or 178.0 points to 5369.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 5.34% or 124.0 points to trade at 2197.0 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 4.87% or 53.0 points to end at 1036.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) shed 4.61% or 360.0 points to 7444.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2627 to 937 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.11 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.78% or 0.62 to $79.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.69% or 0.57 to hit $81.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.75 to trade at $1858.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 114.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 129.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.898.