Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 17.29% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 6,784.00 at the close. Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:8355) added 4.96% or 42.00 points to end at 889.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) was up 3.25% or 29.00 points to 920.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which lost 5.07% or 28.00 points to trade at 524.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 4.85% or 29.00 points to end at 569.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 4.57% or 320.00 points to 6,680.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2344 to 1252 and 202 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 24.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.89% or 1.48 to $77.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.71% or 1.45 to hit $83.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 11.85 to trade at $1,624.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 144.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 138.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 114.45.