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 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 3.56% or 11.0 points to trade at 320.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 3.28% or 240.0 points to end at 7550.0 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) was up 2.44% or 61.5 points to 2584.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 5.48% or 84.0 points to trade at 1450.0 in late trade. Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) declined 4.26% or 39.4 points to end at 885.0 and Itochu Corp. (T:8001) shed 4.08% or 141.0 points to 3314.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2886 to 715 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.45 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.48% or 1.04 to $71.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.32% or 0.98 to hit $75.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.60 to trade at $1779.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 128.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.157.