Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Food and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501), which rose 8.23% or 566.00 points to trade at 7,441.00 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762) added 5.66% or 56.00 points to end at 1,046.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 3.02% or 535.00 points to 18,275.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951), which lost 5.83% or 205.00 points to trade at 3,313.00 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) declined 5.75% or 317.00 points to end at 5,198.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) shed 4.98% or 69.00 points to 1,317.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2803 to 942 and 143 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.19% to 19.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $77.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.12 to hit $82.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 2.35 to trade at $2,004.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 150.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 161.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 104.66.