Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Shipbuilding and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 8.42% or 24.0 points to trade at 309.0 at the close. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) added 4.07% or 70.0 points to end at 1792.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 3.88% or 22.2 points to 593.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 6.76% or 179.0 points to trade at 2470.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 4.84% or 343.0 points to end at 6745.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 4.54% or 63.0 points to 1324.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2736 to 796 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.82% to 23.25 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.57% or 0.41 to $72.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 5.60 to trade at $1794.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 110.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 129.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.653.