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 lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 4.95% or 510.0 points to trade at 10805.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 4.46% or 185.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was up 4.11% or 110.5 points to 2800.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 7.19% or 82.0 points to trade at 1059.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 6.69% or 39.0 points to end at 544.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 5.18% or 96.0 points to 1757.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2335 to 1301 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.10% or 0.02 to $20.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.76% or 0.52 to hit $29.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.90% or 33.60 to trade at $1735.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 107.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 117.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.195.