Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.38% By Investing.com

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 0.38%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 6.69% or 19.0 points to trade at 303.0 at the close. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) added 6.62% or 44.0 points to end at 709.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 6.17% or 34.0 points to 585.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which lost 3.22% or 200.0 points to trade at 6010.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 3.12% or 230.0 points to end at 7140.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) shed 2.56% or 60.5 points to 2300.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2300 to 1250 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.23.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.40% or 0.20 to $50.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.73% or 0.39 to hit $53.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 4.95 to trade at $1949.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 102.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 126.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.267.