Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fishery, Real Estate and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 8.05% or 39.0 points to trade at 523.5 at the close. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 5.07% or 137.0 points to end at 2841.0 and Haseko Corp (T:1808) was up 4.48% or 42.0 points to 980.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 6.82% or 35.0 points to trade at 478.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 2.56% or 26.5 points to end at 1010.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 2.39% or 59.0 points to 2408.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1927 to 976 and 388 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.52% to 19.17 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.11% or 0.56 to $50.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.06% or 0.55 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1262.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 103.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 113.75.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.90.