Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.10%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic , Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.10%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T: 6841 ), which rose 7.55% or 164.0 points to trade at 2335.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T: 2871 ) added 6.26% or 163.0 points to end at 2766.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T: 2432 ) was up 5.69% or 111.0 points to 2062.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Takara Holdings Inc. (T: 2531 ), which lost 13.40% or 217.0 points to trade at 1402.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T: 5711 ) declined 8.33% or 270.0 points to end at 2970.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T: 5002 ) shed 6.01% or 130.0 points to 2033.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1780 to 1698 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.37% to 26.80.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.51% or 0.32 to $61.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.60 to trade at $1233.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 113.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 129.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 95.69.