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 declined 1.61% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which rose 4.41% or 87.0 points to trade at 2062.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) added 4.23% or 72.0 points to end at 1773.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 3.80% or 105.0 points to 2868.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 15.06% or 373.0 points to trade at 2104.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 14.09% or 83.0 points to end at 506.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 10.04% or 58.1 points to 520.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3039 to 584 and 127 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.83% or 0.54 to $65.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.83% or 0.57 to hit $69.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.45 to trade at $1835.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 108.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 132.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.200.