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 declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 3.10% or 60.0 points to trade at 1993.0 at the close. Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203) added 3.04% or 254.0 points to end at 8616.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 1.72% or 158.0 points to 9330.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which lost 7.30% or 394.0 points to trade at 5004.0 in late trade. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 5.14% or 97.0 points to end at 1789.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) shed 5.13% or 56.0 points to 1035.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2222 to 1330 and 182 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.58% or 0.35 to $60.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.85 to trade at $1685.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 110.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.50% to 129.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.227.