Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Railway & Bus and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TOKYO:5706), which rose 5.60% or 19.0 points to trade at 358.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TOKYO:5711) added 3.89% or 19.0 points to end at 508.0 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9532) was up 3.45% or 17.5 points to 524.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TOKYO:7205), which lost 4.25% or 70.0 points to trade at 1578.0 in late trade. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:4021) declined 4.22% or 114.0 points to end at 2586.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:8267) shed 3.14% or 51.0 points to 1573.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1096 to 785 and 2 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.13% to 19.64 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.57% or 0.94 to $61.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.04% or 0.68 to hit $65.56 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.24% or 2.80 to trade at $1180.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.04% to 123.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.96% to 138.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.94.