Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 3.62% or 220.0 points to trade at 6300.0 at the close. Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) added 2.29% or 29.0 points to end at 1294.0 and Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) was up 2.21% or 140.0 points to 6484.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 3.82% or 12.5 points to trade at 314.4 in late trade. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) declined 3.06% or 35.5 points to end at 1124.5 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 2.48% or 11.0 points to 432.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1702 to 1419 and 340 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.50% to 13.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.27% or 0.59 to $45.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1269.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 110.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 123.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.96.