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 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 16.26% or 1504.0 points to trade at 10755.0 at the close. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) added 7.55% or 290.0 points to end at 4130.0 and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) was up 4.05% or 75.0 points to 1926.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 4.54% or 155.0 points to trade at 3260.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) declined 3.68% or 97.0 points to end at 2539.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) shed 3.65% or 210.0 points to 5540.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1855 to 1661 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.50% or 0.35 to $70.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.47% or 0.34 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.65 to trade at $1893.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 109.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 133.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.058.