Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Manufacturing and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 12.88% or 420.00 points to trade at 3,680.00 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 7.69% or 94.00 points to end at 1,316.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) was up 6.48% or 350.00 points to 5,750.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 7.49% or 166.00 points to trade at 2,049.00 in late trade. Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) declined 6.78% or 48.00 points to end at 660.00 and Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) shed 6.75% or 317.00 points to 4,379.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2828 to 761 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.80% to 26.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 6.35% or 6.57 to $109.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 6.30% or 6.61 to hit $111.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1,943.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 115.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 127.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.54.