Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Automobiles & Parts and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331), which rose 0.92% or 7.00 points to trade at 765.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) added 0.83% or 43.00 points to end at 5,206.00 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) was up 0.48% or 8.00 points to 1,686.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omron Cor (TYO:6645), which lost 4.95% or 365.00 points to trade at 7,003.00 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) declined 4.61% or 250.00 points to end at 5,170.00 and Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) shed 4.40% or 249.00 points to 5,405.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2909 to 665 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.44% to 18.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.86% or 0.75 to $86.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.96% or 0.89 to hit $92.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 6.75 to trade at $1,710.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.71% to 143.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.57% to 143.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 109.39.