Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Automobiles & Parts and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 8.09% or 67.8 points to trade at 906.1 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 7.40% or 29.0 points to end at 421.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 5.36% or 3.0 points to 59.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which lost 9.37% or 270.0 points to trade at 2613.0 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) declined 3.61% or 62.0 points to end at 1655.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) shed 3.26% or 9.0 points to 267.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1096 to 789 and 118 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.82% to 26.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.19% or 0.09 to $48.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1274.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 109.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 123.36.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.77.