Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Real Estate and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyota Motor Corp (TYO:7203), which rose 5.36% or 99.50 points to trade at 1,956.50 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) added 4.93% or 76.00 points to end at 1,617.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 3.37% or 16.00 points to 491.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which lost 5.63% or 390.00 points to trade at 6,532.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) declined 4.70% or 51.00 points to end at 1,033.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) shed 4.32% or 55.00 points to 1,218.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1987 to 1548 and 292 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.85% to 19.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.92% or 0.67 to $73.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.72% or 0.55 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.70 to trade at $1,975.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 138.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 149.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.46.