Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Transport and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.22% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 4.75% or 14.0 points to trade at 309.0 at the close. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) added 2.63% or 13.4 points to end at 522.7 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 2.52% or 13.0 points to 529.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 7.58% or 350.0 points to trade at 4270.0 in late trade. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) declined 6.61% or 193.0 points to end at 2725.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.52% or 180.0 points to 3805.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2466 to 1012 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.37% to 18.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.23% or 0.73 to $58.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.03% or 0.71 to hit $67.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.95 to trade at $1283.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 109.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 121.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.863.