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 0.33% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 4.87% or 92.0 points to trade at 1982.0 at the close. Keio Corp. (T:9008) added 2.94% or 200.0 points to end at 7010.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 2.87% or 35.0 points to 1253.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 9.25% or 124.0 points to trade at 1216.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 7.97% or 111.0 points to end at 1282.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 7.80% or 85.0 points to 1005.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1767 to 1728 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 23.00 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 16.15 to trade at $1500.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 106.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 118.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.368.