Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Steel and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp (TYO:6762), which rose 4.35% or 364.00 points to trade at 8,730.00 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) added 3.26% or 49.00 points to end at 1,553.00 and Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304) was up 2.96% or 71.00 points to 2,473.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which lost 8.18% or 418.00 points to trade at 4,692.00 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) declined 4.29% or 196.00 points to end at 4,374.00 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) shed 3.05% or 95.00 points to 3,020.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1969 to 1563 and 321 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.22% to 17.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.81% or 0.63 to $78.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $82.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 6.60 to trade at $2,333.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 157.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 168.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 104.83.