Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Construction and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 3.45% or 120.0 points to trade at 3600.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 3.30% or 30.0 points to end at 938.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.90% or 52.0 points to 1846.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Corp (T:6758), which lost 5.06% or 290.0 points to trade at 5442.0 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 4.46% or 270.0 points to end at 5790.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) shed 3.67% or 1170.0 points to 30730.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1701 to 1659 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.03% to 16.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $64.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $69.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1343.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 109.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 135.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.74.