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 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which rose 2.14% or 58.0 points to trade at 2771.0 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) added 1.89% or 7.0 points to end at 377.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 1.88% or 5.0 points to 271.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 6.28% or 400.0 points to trade at 5970.0 in late trade. Konami Corp. (T:9766) declined 4.54% or 160.0 points to end at 3365.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) shed 3.89% or 73.0 points to 1802.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2311 to 1203 and 153 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.50 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $40.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.80 to trade at $1807.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 107.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 121.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.765.