Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.03%

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 0.03%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 7.27% or 590.0 points to trade at 8710.0 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 7.06% or 245.0 points to end at 3715.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was up 3.83% or 126.0 points to 3416.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which lost 8.33% or 56.0 points to trade at 616.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 6.23% or 21.0 points to end at 316.0 and Canon Inc (T:7751) shed 5.89% or 160.5 points to 2566.5.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2214 to 1273 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.14.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.29% or 1.09 to $83.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.04% or 0.89 to hit $84.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.80 to trade at $1787.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 113.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 132.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.873.