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 fell 0.79% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412), which rose 7.30% or 34.0 points to trade at 500.0 at the close. Canon Inc (T:7751) added 3.58% or 97.5 points to end at 2821.5 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) was up 1.40% or 21.5 points to 1554.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 5.42% or 20.0 points to trade at 349.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.87% or 281.0 points to end at 6989.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 3.68% or 21.0 points to 549.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2685 to 938 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 24.42 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.44% or 0.22 to $49.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.68% or 0.37 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.10 to trade at $1647.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 110.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 119.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 99.032.