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 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 1.93% or 11.0 points to trade at 581.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 1.87% or 7.0 points to end at 382.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.60% or 75.0 points to 4765.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802), which lost 6.51% or 87.5 points to trade at 1256.5 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 4.88% or 10.0 points to end at 195.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) shed 4.56% or 97.0 points to 2031.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2172 to 1305 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.12% or 0.05 to $41.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.20 to trade at $1878.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 103.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 123.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.273.