Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Transport and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which rose 9.19% or 66.00 points to trade at 784.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 7.70% or 51.00 points to end at 713.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) was up 6.03% or 205.00 points to 3,605.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 4.06% or 169.00 points to trade at 3,990.00 in late trade. Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) declined 3.39% or 77.00 points to end at 2,196.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) shed 2.47% or 105.00 points to 4,145.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2217 to 1329 and 281 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.79% to 16.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.49% or 1.18 to $77.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.33% or 1.14 to hit $84.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 16.05 to trade at $1,849.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 133.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 142.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 103.51.