Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Automobiles & Parts and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 9.96% or 50.00 points to trade at 552.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) added 6.85% or 334.00 points to end at 5,209.00 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) was up 6.08% or 145.00 points to 2,529.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which lost 2.82% or 210.00 points to trade at 7,250.00 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO:8252) declined 2.28% or 57.00 points to end at 2,441.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) shed 2.18% or 990.00 points to 44,330.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1985 to 1468 and 324 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.42% to 20.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.30% or 0.28 to $94.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.25 to hit $100.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.05 to trade at $1,758.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 136.65, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 135.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 108.62.