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 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232), which rose 12.56% or 385.0 points to trade at 3450.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 7.42% or 166.0 points to end at 2402.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 6.03% or 21.0 points to 369.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 7.86% or 25.0 points to trade at 293.0 in late trade. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) declined 6.36% or 227.0 points to end at 3340.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 5.60% or 300.0 points to 5060.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1862 to 1653 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.43% or 0.34 to $79.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.23 to hit $82.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 9.45 to trade at $1751.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 111.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 129.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.233.