Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Marine Transport and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841), which rose 8.67% or 308.00 points to trade at 3,860.00 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 4.07% or 175.00 points to end at 4,480.00 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) was up 2.10% or 31.50 points to 1,529.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AGC Inc (TYO:5201), which lost 10.14% or 592.00 points to trade at 5,244.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) declined 7.30% or 104.50 points to end at 1,327.50 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:7752) shed 6.16% or 85.00 points to 1,295.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2230 to 1347 and 288 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.63% to 19.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.61% or 0.48 to $77.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $82.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.75 to trade at $2,323.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 155.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 166.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.41.