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 fell 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.86% or 10.00 points to trade at 269.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) added 3.61% or 21.00 points to end at 602.00 and Subaru Corp (TYO:) was up 3.37% or 84.00 points to 2,574.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:), which lost 7.92% or 810.00 points to trade at 9,420.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 7.01% or 245.00 points to end at 3,250.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) shed 6.18% or 520.00 points to 7,890.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2676 to 873 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 14.93% to 19.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.55% or 1.35 to $85.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.37% or 1.27 to hit $91.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 3.45 to trade at $1,709.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.89% to 144.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.89% to 142.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 110.44.