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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 3.22% or 39.5 points to trade at 1266.0 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 2.99% or 85.0 points to end at 2924.5 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 2.69% or 45.0 points to 1717.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which lost 5.43% or 250.0 points to trade at 4350.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 4.76% or 52.0 points to end at 1041.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) shed 4.22% or 175.0 points to 3975.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1766 to 1684 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.75% or 0.40 to $54.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.90 to trade at $1488.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 107.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 117.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.863.