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 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 2.17% or 81.0 points to trade at 3819.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 1.82% or 52.0 points to end at 2908.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 1.68% or 25.0 points to 1515.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which lost 3.74% or 52.0 points to trade at 1339.0 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) declined 3.41% or 95.0 points to end at 2695.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 3.39% or 58.0 points to 1652.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2210 to 1278 and 182 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.10% or 0.04 to $40.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.15 to hit $42.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.35 to trade at $1785.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 106.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 120.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.735.