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 fell 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Omron Cor (T:6645), which rose 2.29% or 170.0 points to trade at 7600.0 at the close. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) added 2.03% or 32.0 points to end at 1606.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 1.41% or 94.0 points to 6739.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (T:7751), which lost 13.46% or 279.5 points to trade at 1797.5 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 10.80% or 39.0 points to end at 322.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 10.39% or 42.7 points to 368.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2895 to 651 and 132 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.46% or 0.19 to $41.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.53% or 0.23 to hit $43.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 12.50 to trade at $1957.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 104.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 123.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.502.