Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 7.77% or 520.0 points to trade at 7210.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 5.58% or 53.0 points to end at 1002.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 3.92% or 390.0 points to 10350.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 5.78% or 407.0 points to trade at 6634.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 4.23% or 112.0 points to end at 2538.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 4.12% or 234.0 points to 5445.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2754 to 798 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.08% or 0.76 to $71.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.02% or 0.75 to hit $74.35 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.90 to trade at $1802.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 109.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 129.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.528.