Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport 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 Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802), which rose 5.08% or 94.50 points to trade at 1,955.50 at the close. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) added 3.40% or 91.50 points to end at 2,780.50 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was up 3.12% or 105.00 points to 3,475.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which lost 7.98% or 19.00 points to trade at 219.00 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) declined 6.39% or 285.00 points to end at 4,175.00 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) shed 5.77% or 44.00 points to 718.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2134 to 1365 and 287 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.93% to 23.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.17% or 1.28 to $111.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.10% or 1.22 to hit $111.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 8.20 to trade at $1,857.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 127.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 135.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.11.