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 4.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which rose 0.89% or 35.0 points to trade at 3980.0 at the close. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) added 0.40% or 7.5 points to end at 1878.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 0.23% or 3.0 points to 1289.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which lost 9.00% or 43.0 points to trade at 435.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 8.75% or 305.0 points to end at 3180.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) shed 8.57% or 239.5 points to 2556.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3284 to 404 and 94 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 55.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.78% or 0.16 to $20.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 4.67% or 1.23 to hit $25.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 8.55 to trade at $1605.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 107.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.51% to 117.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.450.