Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday as sector and sector losses dragged shares lower.
At the end of trading in Tokyo, the fall was 0.27%.
The best performers of the session were Rakuten Inc. (TYO:) rose 5.73% or 49.90 points to trade at 920.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Mining and Metallurgical Company. (TYO:) added 4.29% or 199.00 points, finishing at 4,835.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.90%, or 274.00 points, at 7,302.00 in late trade.
The worst performance of the session was Tokyo Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) fell 4.06% or 232.00 points to trade at 5481.00 at the close. Japanese Exchange Group Inc (TYO:) fell 3.93%, or 71.00 points, to close at 1,735.00, while Omron Kor (TYO:) fell 3.90%, or 200.00 points, to 4,933.00.
Declining shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,392 at 1,229, with 252 ending unchanged.
Shares of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to a 5-year high; an increase of 3.90% or 274.00 to 7,302.00.
The index, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 4.35% to 21.79.
Oil for February delivery rose 0.57%, or 0.42, to $74.67 a barrel. In commodities, Brent crude for March delivery rose 0.44%, or 0.34, to $77.39 a barrel, while the February gold futures contract rose 0.03%, or 0.89. , and traded at $2,666.29 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% at 158.02, while EUR/JPY was unchanged 0.00% at 163.45.
US Dollar Index futures rose 0.10% to 108.49.