Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Power and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 924.64% or 1595.0 points to trade at 1767.5 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 915.54% or 2156.1 points to end at 2391.6 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 902.18% or 2684.0 points to 2981.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 3.32% or 51.0 points to trade at 1485.0 in late trade. Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) declined 3.10% or 27.0 points to end at 845.0 and SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) shed 3.09% or 16.0 points to 502.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1752 to 1537 and 188 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.85% to 14.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $57.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 9.14 to trade at $1292.56 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.55% to 112.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 132.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 93.29.