Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Steel and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp. (T:6762), which rose 3.94% or 390.0 points to trade at 10290.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.95% or 65.0 points to end at 2267.0 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp (T:6503) was up 2.92% or 59.5 points to 2096.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which lost 3.44% or 1150.0 points to trade at 32300.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 2.65% or 140.0 points to end at 5150.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) shed 2.63% or 20.5 points to 757.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2336 to 1100 and 137 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.14% to 14.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $63.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $69.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1334.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 110.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 135.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 90.52.