Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Warehousing, Finance & Investment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 1.98% or 2.0 points to trade at 103.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 0.84% or 4.0 points to end at 480.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was up 0.65% or 8.0 points to 1238.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which lost 7.20% or 127.5 points to trade at 1644.5 in late trade. The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) declined 6.24% or 136.8 points to end at 2056.5 and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) shed 5.30% or 45.0 points to 804.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2873 to 326 and 169 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.63% to 15.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1247.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 111.58, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 120.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 99.59.