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 lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 1.56% or 39.0 points to trade at 2537.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 1.50% or 42.0 points to end at 2838.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 1.05% or 76.0 points to 7295.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which lost 3.14% or 20.5 points to trade at 633.1 in late trade. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) declined 2.74% or 81.0 points to end at 2878.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 2.65% or 24.0 points to 882.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2299 to 1180 and 247 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.01% or 0.61 to $61.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.22% or 0.81 to hit $67.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.05% or 15.70 to trade at $1504.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 109.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 121.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.255.