Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Glass, Paper & Pulp and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 3.65% or 200.0 points to trade at 5680.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 2.98% or 35.0 points to end at 1208.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was up 2.84% or 125.0 points to 4530.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which lost 7.82% or 122.5 points to trade at 1443.5 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.46% or 61.0 points to end at 1306.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 4.43% or 137.0 points to 2953.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2247 to 1235 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.08% to 15.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.69% or 0.46 to $65.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.60% or 0.45 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.95 to trade at $1272.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 111.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 125.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.343.