Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Automobiles & Parts and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which rose 14.88% or 5,150.00 points to trade at 39,690.00 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) added 8.55% or 256.00 points to end at 3,248.00 and Sojitz Corp. (TYO:2768) was up 5.42% or 220.00 points to 4,265.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which lost 11.34% or 172.50 points to trade at 1,351.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 5.23% or 261.00 points to end at 4,731.00 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) shed 4.68% or 183.00 points to 3,728.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2222 to 1360 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.98% to 20.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.03% or 0.84 to $81.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.93% or 0.80 to hit $85.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 3.00 to trade at $2,299.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 157.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 168.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.29.