Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 7.55% or 164.0 points to trade at 2335.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 6.26% or 163.0 points to end at 2766.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 5.69% or 111.0 points to 2062.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which lost 13.40% or 217.0 points to trade at 1402.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 8.33% or 270.0 points to end at 2970.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) shed 6.01% or 130.0 points to 2033.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1780 to 1698 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.37% to 26.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.51% or 0.32 to $61.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.60 to trade at $1233.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 113.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 129.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 95.69.