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 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 4.76% or 257.0 points to trade at 5659.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.70% or 67.0 points to end at 1876.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 3.56% or 310.0 points to 9025.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 3.41% or 51.0 points to trade at 1446.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 3.40% or 158.0 points to end at 4494.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 3.27% or 96.0 points to 2841.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1829 to 1674 and 258 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.19% or 0.68 to $56.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.36% or 0.86 to hit $62.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.55 to trade at $1538.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 107.27, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 117.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.157.