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 declined 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 3.16% or 15.0 points to trade at 489.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 2.30% or 23.0 points to end at 1022.0 and Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928) was up 2.17% or 51.0 points to 2397.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 5.21% or 3500.0 points to trade at 63700.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.50% or 86.0 points to end at 1826.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) shed 3.49% or 277.0 points to 7654.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1798 to 1681 and 289 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.34 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1488.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 120.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.715.