Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Insurance and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which rose 23.70% or 80.00 points to trade at 417.60 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 19.65% or 80.00 points to end at 487.20 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 5.54% or 53.10 points to 1,011.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 4.46% or 27.00 points to trade at 579.00 in late trade. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) declined 4.24% or 214.00 points to end at 4,832.00 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) shed 4.10% or 403.00 points to 9,434.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2044 to 1550 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.72% to 19.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.37% or 0.26 to $69.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.04 to trade at $2,661.96 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 153.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 161.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.56.