Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 1.82% or 24.0 points to trade at 1346.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 1.22% or 55.0 points to end at 4550.0 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) was up 0.71% or 54.5 points to 7747.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208), which lost 4.80% or 160.0 points to trade at 3170.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) declined 3.73% or 63.5 points to end at 1641.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 3.66% or 71.0 points to 1871.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2762 to 634 and 162 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.96% to 15.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $66.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $75.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1298.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 125.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 94.47.