Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.21%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T: 2531 ), which rose 10.16% or 130.0 points to trade at 1410.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T: 4689 ) added 9.78% or 55.3 points to end at 621.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T: 6367 ) was up 6.31% or 1465.0 points to 24670.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T: 2871 ), which lost 12.27% or 368.0 points to trade at 2631.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T: 7003 ) declined 8.27% or 43.0 points to end at 477.0 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T: 5802 ) shed 5.72% or 91.5 points to 1509.5.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2697 to 841 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.75.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $70.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.85 to trade at $1816.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 129.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.998.