Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.51%

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 declined 0.51%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 9107 ), which rose 4.94% or 175.0 points to trade at 3715.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T: 4751 ) added 3.99% or 89.0 points to end at 2322.0 and Inpex Corp. (T: 1605 ) was up 3.70% or 30.0 points to 840.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T: 3103 ), which lost 3.38% or 13.0 points to trade at 372.0 in late trade. GS Yuasa Corp. (T: 6674 ) declined 3.20% or 95.0 points to end at 2873.0 and Sony Corp (T: 6758 ) shed 2.86% or 315.0 points to 10700.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1877 to 1599 and 258 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.29 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.54% or 0.39 to $72.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.54% or 0.40 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.65 to trade at $1861.05 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 109.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 133.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.450.