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 2.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 6.44% or 66.0 points to trade at 1091.0 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) added 5.42% or 61.0 points to end at 1186.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 5.06% or 2130.0 points to 44250.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 9.25% or 42.0 points to trade at 412.0 in late trade. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) declined 7.21% or 191.5 points to end at 2463.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) shed 5.92% or 54.0 points to 858.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3303 to 365 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.09% or 0.63 to $58.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.15% or 0.70 to hit $61.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.35 to trade at $1726.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 128.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.573.