Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Pharmaceutical Industry and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308), which rose 3.33% or 19.5 points to trade at 604.7 at the close. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) added 3.13% or 27.9 points to end at 919.6 and Mizuho Financial Group Inc (T:8411) was up 3.03% or 6.0 points to 204.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which lost 4.26% or 685.0 points to trade at 15410.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 4.04% or 82.0 points to end at 1948.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 3.35% or 57.0 points to 1644.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2313 to 903 and 236 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.22% to 13.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.61% or 0.27 to $43.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.85 to trade at $1253.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 111.97, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 127.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.92.