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 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 4.82% or 63.0 points to trade at 1369.0 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) added 3.76% or 253.0 points to end at 6975.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 3.44% or 115.0 points to 3455.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 7.42% or 79.0 points to trade at 985.0 in late trade. Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) declined 4.51% or 206.0 points to end at 4364.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 3.89% or 54.0 points to 1335.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2167 to 1367 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.33% or 0.80 to $60.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.21% or 0.77 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1745.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 108.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 130.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.713.