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 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.14% or 53.0 points to trade at 1333.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 2.52% or 40.0 points to end at 1630.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was up 2.12% or 69.0 points to 3319.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 4.66% or 64.5 points to trade at 1318.5 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 4.41% or 27.0 points to end at 585.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) shed 4.24% or 140.0 points to 3165.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2305 to 1174 and 247 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.15% or 0.09 to $59.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.85 to trade at $1509.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 108.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 119.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.917.