Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Gas & Water and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 2.51% or 71.5 points to trade at 2920.5 at the close. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) added 1.86% or 29.0 points to end at 1586.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 1.78% or 40.0 points to 2282.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015), which lost 5.46% or 143.0 points to trade at 2477.0 in late trade. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) declined 4.55% or 11.0 points to end at 231.0 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) shed 4.37% or 100.0 points to 2190.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1178 to 431 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.80% to 26.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.96% or 0.47 to $48.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.04% or 0.52 to hit $49.37 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.05 to trade at $1218.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.65% to 109.98, while EUR/JPY fell 0.69% to 122.40.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.77.