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 declined 0.44% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 5.77% or 266.0 points to trade at 4875.0 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) added 3.48% or 170.0 points to end at 5060.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 3.05% or 180.0 points to 6090.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019), which lost 9.35% or 304.0 points to trade at 2946.0 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) declined 5.77% or 392.0 points to end at 6397.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) shed 5.33% or 56.0 points to 994.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1891 to 1618 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.07 to $85.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $87.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.85 to trade at $1846.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 113.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.00% to 128.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.017.