Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270), which rose 5.65% or 45.0 points to trade at 841.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 5.60% or 26.0 points to end at 490.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 3.79% or 106.0 points to 2902.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which lost 5.93% or 26.0 points to trade at 412.5 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 4.69% or 13.0 points to end at 264.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) shed 4.07% or 274.0 points to 6459.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1471 to 412 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.78% to 34.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.92% or 0.46 to $50.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.75% or 0.38 to hit $51.00 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.41% or 5.25 to trade at $1267.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 104.53, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 93.95.