Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which rose 6.41% or 142.50 points to trade at 2,366.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 5.77% or 344.00 points to end at 6,302.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 4.76% or 108.50 points to 2,388.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which lost 4.27% or 55.50 points to trade at 1,245.00 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) declined 4.25% or 140.00 points to end at 3,155.00 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) shed 4.08% or 119.00 points to 2,799.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2688 to 948 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 16.09% to 18.72 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.33% or 0.23 to $70.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.31 to trade at $2,670.21 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.33% to 150.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.48% to 157.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.26.