Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.17% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 2.23% or 115.00 points to trade at 5,277.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) added 0.98% or 45.00 points to end at 4,650.00 and Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951) was up 0.92% or 37.00 points to 4,039.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which lost 7.22% or 45.10 points to trade at 579.90 in late trade. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) declined 7.20% or 165.50 points to end at 2,134.50 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) shed 7.17% or 39.00 points to 505.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3507 to 295 and 82 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.61% to 18.88 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.70 to $88.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.70% or 0.64 to hit $90.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.35 to trade at $1,835.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 148.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 155.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.72.