Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Textile and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which rose 3.39% or 19.00 points to trade at 579.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 2.58% or 80.00 points to end at 3,180.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 2.33% or 90.00 points to 3,950.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which lost 2.20% or 7.40 points to trade at 328.70 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 2.02% or 12.00 points to end at 581.00 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) shed 1.96% or 24.00 points to 1,199.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2098 to 1492 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.21% to 19.35.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.45% or 0.36 to $79.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $84.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.05 to trade at $1,816.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 133.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 142.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.87.