Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Food and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502), which rose 3.19% or 46.5 points to trade at 1502.5 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) added 3.10% or 84.5 points to end at 2810.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 2.99% or 90.0 points to 3105.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 5.41% or 158.0 points to trade at 2763.0 in late trade. Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) declined 4.86% or 99.0 points to end at 1938.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.83% or 480.0 points to 9455.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2244 to 1180 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.19% to 22.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.04% or 0.68 to $64.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.78% or 0.54 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1340.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 105.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 130.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.08.