Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Real Estate and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.36% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 4.11% or 125.00 points to trade at 3,170.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 2.17% or 160.00 points to end at 7,540.00 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) was up 1.86% or 12.00 points to 658.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which lost 7.51% or 22.00 points to trade at 271.00 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) declined 4.61% or 113.00 points to end at 2,337.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) shed 3.94% or 950.00 points to 23,145.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2732 to 801 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.09% to 21.25.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.78% or 2.33 to $86.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.66% or 2.41 to hit $93.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 8.30 to trade at $1,679.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 143.63, while EUR/JPY fell 0.70% to 142.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 110.41.