Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Machinery and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 3.86% or 10.00 points to trade at 269.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 3.61% or 21.00 points to end at 602.00 and Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) was up 3.37% or 84.00 points to 2,574.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101), which lost 7.92% or 810.00 points to trade at 9,420.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 7.01% or 245.00 points to end at 3,250.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 6.18% or 520.00 points to 7,890.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2676 to 873 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 14.93% to 19.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.55% or 1.35 to $85.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.37% or 1.27 to hit $91.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 3.45 to trade at $1,709.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.89% to 144.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.89% to 142.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 110.44.