Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Steel and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.29% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which rose 5.83% or 100.0 points to trade at 1814.0 at the close. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 5.25% or 153.0 points to end at 3070.0 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) was up 4.73% or 175.0 points to 3872.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 11.18% or 205.0 points to trade at 1629.0 in late trade. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) declined 9.67% or 183.0 points to end at 1710.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 6.99% or 285.0 points to 3790.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2659 to 620 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.96% to 12.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $49.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 11.58 to trade at $1274.18 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.58% to 109.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.75% to 128.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.51.