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 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 2.83% or 18.3 points to trade at 663.9 at the close. Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) added 2.16% or 33.0 points to end at 1560.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 2.06% or 270.0 points to 13405.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which lost 5.41% or 18.0 points to trade at 315.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 4.64% or 409.0 points to end at 8415.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) shed 4.02% or 168.0 points to 4007.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2273 to 1237 and 184 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.43% or 0.18 to $41.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 7.40 to trade at $1851.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 106.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 123.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.270.