Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Finance & Investment and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which rose 889.07% or 813.5 points to trade at 905.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) added 888.03% or 2455.4 points to end at 2731.9 and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309) was up 863.04% or 2965.4 points to 3309.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725), which lost 5.46% or 165.0 points to trade at 2857.0 in late trade. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) declined 5.18% or 54.0 points to end at 988.0 and Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) shed 5.08% or 23.0 points to 430.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1344 to 611 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.98% to 20.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.16% or 0.07 to $44.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.17% or 0.08 to hit $46.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.05 to trade at $1327.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 100.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 112.62.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.50.