Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Marine Transport and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 3.82% or 67.0 points to trade at 1820.0 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) added 2.87% or 125.0 points to end at 4475.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 1.95% or 9.0 points to 470.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which lost 3.21% or 100.0 points to trade at 3020.0 in late trade. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) declined 2.40% or 25.0 points to end at 1017.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) shed 2.25% or 9.0 points to 391.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1973 to 1166 and 319 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.77% to 13.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.93% or 0.87 to $45.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.66% or 0.79 to hit $48.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.27 to trade at $1217.97 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 113.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.52% to 129.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.49.