Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Rubber, Transport and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 3.16% or 1650.0 points to trade at 53850.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 1.99% or 23.5 points to end at 1207.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 1.71% or 90.0 points to 5360.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 4.40% or 160.0 points to trade at 3475.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 4.16% or 332.0 points to end at 7651.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) shed 3.94% or 124.0 points to 3025.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2183 to 1157 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.86% to 15.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.00% or 0.70 to $69.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.45 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 111.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 128.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.49.