Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which rose 12.48% or 197.50 points to trade at 1,779.50 at the close. Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 8.53% or 187.00 points to end at 2,378.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841) was up 8.42% or 221.00 points to 2,844.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367), which lost 11.39% or 3,215.00 points to trade at 25,020.00 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) declined 11.16% or 205.50 points to end at 1,636.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) shed 7.79% or 519.00 points to 6,145.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2010 to 1580 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.18% to 20.13.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.23% or 0.19 to $83.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $86.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.35 to trade at $1,964.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 143.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 157.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.22.