Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Trading and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO:8252), which rose 15.24% or 330.00 points to trade at 2,496.00 at the close. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841) added 9.77% or 220.00 points to end at 2,472.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 6.07% or 315.00 points to 5,508.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which lost 10.36% or 194.00 points to trade at 1,679.00 in late trade. NTN Corp. (TYO:6472) declined 10.14% or 35.00 points to end at 310.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) shed 9.83% or 52.00 points to 477.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2517 to 1070 and 253 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.65% to 15.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.84% or 0.62 to $73.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.81% or 0.63 to hit $76.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 6.45 to trade at $2,036.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 135.35, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 148.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.33.