Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Railway & Bus and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 4.16% or 19.6 points to trade at 490.5 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 1.95% or 48.0 points to end at 2513.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 1.93% or 60.0 points to 3165.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 12.17% or 26.3 points to trade at 189.8 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 4.29% or 38.0 points to end at 847.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) shed 3.32% or 9.0 points to 262.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2327 to 722 and 307 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.20% to 15.46.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.82% or 0.87 to $48.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.53% or 0.78 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1202.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 114.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 121.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 101.34.