Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the lost 1.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 17.29% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 6,784.00 at the close. Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:) added 4.96% or 42.00 points to end at 889.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.25% or 29.00 points to 920.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 5.07% or 28.00 points to trade at 524.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) declined 4.85% or 29.00 points to end at 569.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) shed 4.57% or 320.00 points to 6,680.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2344 to 1252 and 202 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 24.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.89% or 1.48 to $77.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.71% or 1.45 to hit $83.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 11.85 to trade at $1,624.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 144.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 138.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 114.45.
