Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Paper & Pulp and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which rose 4.63% or 417.00 points to trade at 9,420.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 2.61% or 142.00 points to end at 5,575.00 and Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) was up 2.51% or 63.00 points to 2,575.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which lost 7.54% or 2,900.00 points to trade at 35,560.00 in late trade. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:8725) declined 5.02% or 166.00 points to end at 3,142.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) shed 4.81% or 397.00 points to 7,857.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2641 to 992 and 236 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.76% to 17.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $73.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $77.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.80 to trade at $2,351.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.57% to 155.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.50% to 169.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.22.