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 declined 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002), which rose 8.96% or 184.0 points to trade at 2238.0 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) added 7.83% or 705.0 points to end at 9705.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 3.98% or 342.0 points to 8943.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NEC Corp. (T:6701), which lost 5.72% or 265.0 points to trade at 4365.0 in late trade. Omron Cor (T:6645) declined 5.17% or 350.0 points to end at 6420.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) shed 4.77% or 29.0 points to 579.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1874 to 1674 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.29% or 0.16 to $55.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.75% or 0.46 to hit $61.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.05 to trade at $1491.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 120.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.420.