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 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 5.62% or 26.0 points to trade at 489.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 5.02% or 253.0 points to end at 5295.0 and Sony Corp (T:6758) was up 2.53% or 189.0 points to 7669.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which lost 4.34% or 34.0 points to trade at 749.0 in late trade. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 4.05% or 107.0 points to end at 2534.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) shed 4.01% or 37.0 points to 885.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1777 to 1717 and 165 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 39.59 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.18% or 0.07 to $38.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.17% or 0.07 to hit $41.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.25 to trade at $1734.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 107.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 121.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.793.