Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Real Estate and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TOKYO:2002), which rose 5.00% or 78.0 points to trade at 1637.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5202) added 4.48% or 6.0 points to end at 140.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TOKYO:6702) was up 4.35% or 30.4 points to 728.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9502), which lost 3.47% or 70.0 points to trade at 1945.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7735) declined 2.94% or 27.0 points to end at 891.0 and Nitto Denko Co (TOKYO:6988) shed 2.76% or 266.0 points to 9382.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1014 to 866 and 3 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.15% to 18.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.76% or 0.47 to $60.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.33 to hit $65.17 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1192.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 123.92, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 138.47.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.78.