Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631), which rose 5.87% or 200.0 points to trade at 3610.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 5.06% or 20.0 points to end at 415.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 4.38% or 26.9 points to 641.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Z Holdings Corp (T:4689), which lost 4.55% or 38.0 points to trade at 797.0 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) declined 4.32% or 327.0 points to end at 7242.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 4.08% or 430.0 points to 10100.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2519 to 1019 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.68.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.14% or 0.11 to $78.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $82.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 8.85 to trade at $1792.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 114.90, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 129.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.493.