Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Retail, Fishery and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which rose 5.53% or 287.0 points to trade at 5478.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 3.17% or 226.0 points to end at 7364.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was up 2.13% or 32.5 points to 1555.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 9.08% or 360.0 points to trade at 3605.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 7.93% or 116.0 points to end at 1347.0 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) shed 7.75% or 137.0 points to 1631.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1743 to 1576 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.35% to 16.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.30 to trade at $1325.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 109.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 133.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.84.