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 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 7.51% or 44.3 points to trade at 634.0 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) added 5.04% or 116.0 points to end at 2419.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 3.37% or 170.0 points to 5220.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 16.76% or 500.0 points to trade at 2483.0 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 13.80% or 293.0 points to end at 1830.0 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) shed 10.07% or 142.0 points to 1268.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2006 to 1511 and 238 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.19% or 0.16 to $84.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.44 to hit $85.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.85 to trade at $1825.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 113.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 130.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.142.