Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 7.75% or 155.0 points to trade at 2154.0 at the close. Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) added 5.83% or 285.0 points to end at 5170.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was up 5.01% or 98.0 points to 2054.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 7.14% or 510.0 points to trade at 6630.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 2.76% or 220.0 points to end at 7760.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) shed 2.27% or 150.0 points to 6460.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2077 to 1425 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.47% or 1.04 to $69.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.23% or 0.91 to hit $72.79 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 4.45 to trade at $1767.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 128.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.440.