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 lost 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 5.19% or 38.0 points to trade at 770.0 at the close. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) added 4.94% or 52.0 points to end at 1104.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 4.64% or 47.0 points to 1059.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 7.26% or 680.0 points to trade at 8690.0 in late trade. Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) declined 5.85% or 330.0 points to end at 5310.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 5.65% or 330.0 points to 5510.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2420 to 1178 and 156 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.32% or 0.20 to $61.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.90 to trade at $1805.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 105.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 128.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.065.