Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Rubber and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (TOKYO:3436), which rose 6.14% or 71.0 points to trade at 1228.0 at the close. JTEKT Corp. (TOKYO:6473) added 5.32% or 90.0 points to end at 1781.0 and Pioneer Corp. (TOKYO:6773) was up 5.00% or 13.0 points to 273.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Kansai Electric Power Co. (TOKYO:9503), which lost 6.17% or 89.0 points to trade at 1353.5 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9502) declined 5.78% or 109.5 points to end at 1785.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3863) shed 5.08% or 108.0 points to 2019.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1085 to 790 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.04% to 30.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.10% or 0.49 to $45.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $48.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.20% or 2.20 to trade at $1104.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 120.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 135.65.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.72.