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 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which rose 5.74% or 184.0 points to trade at 3390.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 5.02% or 74.0 points to end at 1547.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 4.95% or 63.0 points to 1337.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which lost 7.50% or 395.0 points to trade at 4875.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 4.19% or 288.0 points to end at 6593.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) shed 3.77% or 330.0 points to 8430.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1847 to 1608 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.60% or 0.25 to $41.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.26 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 1.47% or 29.55 to trade at $2038.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 105.73, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 124.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.082.