Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Shipbuilding and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 7.11% or 32.00 points to trade at 482.00 at the close. Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) added 5.08% or 90.00 points to end at 1,862.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 4.05% or 45.00 points to 1,155.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sojitz Corp. (TYO:2768), which lost 6.09% or 120.00 points to trade at 1,851.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) declined 6.02% or 260.00 points to end at 4,061.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) shed 3.94% or 61.00 points to 1,486.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2205 to 1310 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.06% to 26.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 5.02% or 5.50 to $104.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 4.55% or 5.22 to hit $109.43 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 9.70 to trade at $1,829.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 136.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.43% to 143.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 104.54.