Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nidec Corp (TYO:6594), which rose 6.09% or 413.00 points to trade at 7,200.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) added 2.51% or 151.00 points to end at 6,162.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 1.83% or 240.00 points to 13,350.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which lost 7.39% or 34.60 points to trade at 433.30 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) declined 5.44% or 120.50 points to end at 2,095.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 4.65% or 111.50 points to 2,284.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3027 to 633 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.48% to 20.60 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.53% or 0.41 to $77.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.41 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.75 to trade at $2,416.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 154.65, while EUR/JPY fell 0.70% to 167.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.18.