Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 4.31% or 17.00 points to trade at 411.00 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 3.32% or 14.00 points to end at 436.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 2.74% or 168.00 points to 6,302.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which lost 8.55% or 950.00 points to trade at 10,160.00 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 6.19% or 114.00 points to end at 1,729.00 and Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178) shed 5.98% or 58.20 points to 915.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2121 to 1513 and 133 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.87% to 25.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.24% or 2.33 to $106.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.97% or 2.12 to hit $109.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.50 to trade at $1,922.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.97% to 121.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.64% to 135.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 98.08.