Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101), which rose 4.48% or 67.0 points to trade at 1561.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 3.66% or 41.0 points to end at 1160.0 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) was up 3.61% or 68.0 points to 1952.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which lost 2.60% or 95.0 points to trade at 3561.0 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) declined 2.54% or 26.0 points to end at 996.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) shed 2.47% or 32.0 points to 1263.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1785 to 1647 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.05 to $43.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.90 to trade at $1924.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 106.28, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 125.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.075.