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 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 5.25% or 235.0 points to trade at 4710.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) added 2.80% or 40.0 points to end at 1470.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) was up 2.53% or 121.0 points to 4912.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 3.27% or 67.0 points to trade at 1980.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 3.23% or 28.8 points to end at 862.8 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 3.03% or 34.0 points to 1087.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2501 to 982 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.52% or 0.31 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 7.25 to trade at $1508.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.33% to 106.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 118.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 98.143.