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 lost 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 3.59% or 45.0 points to trade at 1300.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.55% or 175.0 points to end at 5100.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 3.38% or 150.0 points to 4590.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which lost 5.59% or 56.0 points to trade at 945.0 in late trade. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) declined 5.29% or 126.0 points to end at 2255.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) shed 5.24% or 66.0 points to 1194.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2819 to 838 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 37.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.51% or 0.29 to $11.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 10.09% or 1.95 to hit $17.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.29% or 21.70 to trade at $1709.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 107.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 116.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.233.