Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Railway & Bus and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 4.33% or 11.0 points to trade at 265.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 4.17% or 30.0 points to end at 750.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 3.92% or 246.0 points to 6518.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc. (T:7751), which lost 5.26% or 178.0 points to trade at 3203.0 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 3.58% or 63.0 points to end at 1696.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) shed 3.20% or 605.0 points to 18325.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 991 to 875 and 133 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.45% to 29.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.11% or 0.49 to $44.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.21% or 0.55 to hit $46.13 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.55 to trade at $1247.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 111.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 125.72.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.40.