Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Transportation Equipment and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 5.15% or 16.0 points to trade at 326.5 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 3.44% or 16.0 points to end at 481.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 3.38% or 26.0 points to 796.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which lost 6.84% or 27.0 points to trade at 368.0 in late trade. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) declined 6.12% or 44.0 points to end at 675.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 4.23% or 68.0 points to 1538.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1827 to 1358 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.26% to 17.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.23% or 0.11 to $48.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.31 to trade at $1343.19 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 108.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 129.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.13.