Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Railway & Bus and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which rose 3.32% or 142.00 points to trade at 4,417.00 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 2.77% or 93.00 points to end at 3,451.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) was up 1.86% or 40.00 points to 2,193.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531), which lost 6.43% or 172.00 points to trade at 2,505.00 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) declined 5.90% or 126.00 points to end at 2,011.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) shed 4.76% or 47.00 points to 941.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2586 to 976 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.15% to 16.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.55% or 0.42 to $75.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.41% or 0.34 to hit $82.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1,844.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 134.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 143.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.04.