Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 3.42% or 43.0 points to trade at 1302.0 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.00% or 32.0 points to end at 1636.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 1.97% or 33.0 points to 1711.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kajima Corp. (T:1812), which lost 3.17% or 51.0 points to trade at 1559.0 in late trade. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) declined 3.10% or 30.0 points to end at 937.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) shed 3.05% or 34.0 points to 1082.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2427 to 1070 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.74% to 16.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.35 to $64.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1308.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 111.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 125.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.597.