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 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 10.61% or 45.0 points to trade at 469.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 7.31% or 31.0 points to end at 455.0 and NTN Corp. (T:6472) was up 6.54% or 20.0 points to 326.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631), which lost 6.11% or 192.0 points to trade at 2948.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 5.23% or 380.0 points to end at 6880.0 and Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) shed 4.13% or 184.0 points to 4271.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1941 to 1615 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.30% or 0.18 to $60.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 11.60 to trade at $1787.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 106.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 128.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.782.