Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fishery, Glass and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which rose 11.71% or 326.0 points to trade at 3110.0 at the close. Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270) added 10.95% or 96.0 points to end at 973.0 and Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) was up 5.25% or 92.0 points to 1843.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which lost 13.97% or 201.0 points to trade at 1238.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 8.85% or 23.0 points to end at 237.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) shed 8.50% or 124.0 points to 1334.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1830 to 181 and 46 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.03% to 24.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.07% or 1.61 to $41.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.83% or 1.60 to hit $43.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.35 to trade at $1364.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 101.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 112.84.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.