Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Rubber and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:5711), which rose 7.91% or 159.00 points to trade at 2,169.00 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) added 7.38% or 86.00 points to end at 1,251.00 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) was up 7.21% or 141.00 points to 2,096.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:1925), which lost 4.36% or 139.00 points to trade at 3,051.00 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) declined 3.79% or 675.00 points to end at 17,150.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 3.56% or 300.00 points to 8,120.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2016 to 1496 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.37% to 19.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.75 to $89.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.70% or 0.67 to hit $95.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.75 to trade at $1,806.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 135.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 137.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 106.16.