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 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which rose 3.16% or 90.0 points to trade at 2939.0 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) added 2.37% or 102.0 points to end at 4402.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 2.04% or 220.0 points to 10980.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 5.00% or 575.0 points to trade at 10925.0 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) declined 3.62% or 37.0 points to end at 985.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 2.91% or 73.0 points to 2437.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2069 to 1406 and 267 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.41% or 0.30 to $73.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $74.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 6.35 to trade at $1757.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 110.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 131.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.097.