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 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 3.13% or 190.0 points to trade at 6270.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 3.04% or 12.0 points to end at 407.0 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) was up 2.66% or 35.0 points to 1351.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which lost 2.85% or 92.0 points to trade at 3138.0 in late trade. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 2.60% or 220.0 points to end at 8230.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 2.42% or 52.0 points to 2093.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2175 to 1307 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.31% or 0.18 to $57.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.55 to trade at $1406.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 108.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 121.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.005.