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 lost 1.68% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 15.43% or 700.0 points to trade at 5238.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 11.73% or 203.0 points to end at 1933.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 11.54% or 84.0 points to 812.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 10.90% or 397.0 points to trade at 3246.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 9.15% or 46.0 points to end at 457.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 9.09% or 78.0 points to 780.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2046 to 1629 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 56.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.01% or 0.55 to $26.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.18% or 0.34 to hit $28.39 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 13.95 to trade at $1511.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.33% to 118.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.685.