Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communication, Warehousing and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which rose 8.66% or 41.30 points to trade at 518.30 at the close. Toyota Motor Corp (TYO:7203) added 4.57% or 129.50 points to end at 2,964.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 4.28% or 291.00 points to 7,089.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 2.50% or 22.30 points to trade at 869.50 in late trade. Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) declined 2.28% or 340.00 points to end at 14,575.00 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504) shed 2.17% or 185.00 points to 8,326.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1835 to 1811 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.78% to 21.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 157.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 163.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.