Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Marine Transport and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.15% or 510.0 points to trade at 10405.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 4.21% or 13.0 points to end at 321.5 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 3.75% or 19.0 points to 525.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 4.77% or 53.0 points to trade at 1058.5 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 4.38% or 28.9 points to end at 631.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) shed 3.20% or 140.0 points to 4235.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1796 to 1511 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.87% to 21.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $60.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $64.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 106.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 131.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.70.