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 fell 1.57% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which rose 2.21% or 105.0 points to trade at 4850.0 at the close. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) added 1.99% or 40.0 points to end at 2048.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 1.01% or 14.0 points to 1402.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 5.93% or 105.0 points to trade at 1665.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 4.11% or 31.0 points to end at 724.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 4.07% or 69.0 points to 1628.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3239 to 449 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.83% or 0.52 to $63.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.10% or 0.75 to hit $69.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 15.65 to trade at $1589.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 108.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 120.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.645.