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 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which rose 11.09% or 505.0 points to trade at 5060.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) added 5.12% or 28.7 points to end at 589.7 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 3.33% or 39.0 points to 1210.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 4.14% or 150.0 points to trade at 3470.0 in late trade. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) declined 4.06% or 82.0 points to end at 1938.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 3.92% or 96.0 points to 2352.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1836 to 1648 and 273 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $75.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $76.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.85 to trade at $1813.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 110.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 130.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.653.