Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Retail and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which rose 7.04% or 82.0 points to trade at 1246.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) added 4.65% or 65.0 points to end at 1462.0 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) was up 4.32% or 61.2 points to 1476.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272), which lost 5.84% or 66.0 points to trade at 1065.0 in late trade. NEC Corp. (T:6701) declined 4.13% or 11.0 points to end at 255.5 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) shed 3.99% or 58.0 points to 1397.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1354 to 543 and 161 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.40% to 23.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.67% or 0.30 to $45.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.25 to trade at $1324.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.65% to 103.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.85% to 116.04.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.47.