Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Transportation Equipment and Warehousing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 5.73% or 49.90 points to trade at 920.10 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:5706) added 4.29% or 199.00 points to end at 4,835.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was up 3.90% or 274.00 points to 7,302.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8766), which fell 4.06% or 232.00 points to trade at 5,481.00 in late trade. Japan Exchange Group Inc (TYO:8697) declined 3.93% or 71.00 points to end at 1,735.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) down 3.90% or 200.00 points to 4,933.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 2392 to 1229 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.90% or 274.00 to 7,302.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 21.79.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.42 to $74.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.34 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 2.06 to trade at $2,667.46 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 157.99, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 163.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 108.47.