Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Railway & Bus and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which rose 7.91% or 133.0 points to trade at 1815.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.37% or 77.0 points to end at 2360.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) was up 2.07% or 11.0 points to 542.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which lost 6.97% or 28.0 points to trade at 373.5 in late trade. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 6.14% or 96.0 points to end at 1468.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) shed 5.57% or 588.0 points to 9962.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2509 to 878 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.19% to 16.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.84% or 0.62 to $73.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.04% or 1.61 to hit $77.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1252.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 111.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 130.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.98.