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 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 6.45% or 403.0 points to trade at 6647.0 at the close. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) added 6.02% or 350.0 points to end at 6160.0 and NGK Insulators, Ltd. (T:5333) was up 5.77% or 89.0 points to 1632.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 16.24% or 57.0 points to trade at 294.0 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 11.39% or 117.0 points to end at 910.0 and Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) shed 7.20% or 260.0 points to 3350.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2216 to 1248 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.50% or 0.29 to $58.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.46 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.60 to trade at $1431.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 108.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 121.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.810.