Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 3.51% or 54.0 points to trade at 1594.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 2.82% or 26.0 points to end at 948.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 1.97% or 46.0 points to 2384.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 3.39% or 49.0 points to trade at 1395.0 in late trade. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) declined 3.01% or 142.0 points to end at 4574.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) shed 2.51% or 1370.0 points to 53110.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2073 to 1342 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.15% to 16.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.94% or 0.53 to $56.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.65% or 0.43 to hit $65.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.45 to trade at $1288.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 111.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 126.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.808.