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 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 6.34% or 309.0 points to trade at 5180.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.38% or 190.0 points to end at 5810.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was up 2.72% or 35.5 points to 1338.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 5.08% or 72.0 points to trade at 1344.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) declined 3.85% or 130.0 points to end at 3245.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 3.27% or 31.0 points to 918.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2538 to 1013 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.14 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.44% or 0.25 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.50% or 0.31 to hit $61.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 9.45 to trade at $1463.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 109.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 120.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.195.