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 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331), which rose 3.83% or 21.0 points to trade at 569.0 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 2.35% or 65.5 points to end at 2857.5 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 2.33% or 100.0 points to 4385.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 3.16% or 96.0 points to trade at 2944.0 in late trade. Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) declined 2.62% or 40.0 points to end at 1485.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) shed 2.61% or 65.0 points to 2428.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1863 to 1611 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.63% or 0.94 to $58.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.26% or 0.81 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 6.15 to trade at $1394.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 108.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 122.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.093.