Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Transportation Equipment and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 4.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832), which rose 3.08% or 96.00 points to trade at 3,210.00 at the close. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) added 2.56% or 550.00 points to end at 22,000.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) was up 1.89% or 69.00 points to 3,719.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which lost 9.19% or 335.00 points to trade at 3,312.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 8.92% or 947.00 points to end at 9,668.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) shed 8.55% or 2,150.00 points to 22,995.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3558 to 228 and 86 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.99% to 21.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.45% or 0.32 to $70.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $73.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.90 to trade at $2,520.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 145.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 160.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 101.64.