Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Rubber 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 Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which rose 11.97% or 543.00 points to trade at 5,079.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 10.43% or 634.00 points to end at 6,710.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) was up 6.58% or 73.00 points to 1,182.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 7.46% or 2,690.00 points to trade at 33,390.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 6.48% or 1,025.00 points to end at 14,805.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) shed 5.45% or 134.50 points to 2,332.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2373 to 1223 and 273 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.50% to 17.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.30% or 0.24 to $79.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.33% or 0.28 to hit $83.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.55 to trade at $2,468.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 157.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 172.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 103.88.