Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which rose 3.43% or 162.0 points to trade at 4884.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 2.95% or 42.5 points to end at 1483.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 2.87% or 13.0 points to 466.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. (T:4041), which lost 11.18% or 55.0 points to trade at 437.0 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 4.97% or 61.5 points to end at 1176.5 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) shed 4.04% or 61.5 points to 1461.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1086 to 795 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.68% to 22.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.78% or 0.35 to $45.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.61% or 0.29 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.55 to trade at $1356.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.63% to 101.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.61% to 114.13.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.72.