Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 9.19% or 86.60 points to trade at 1,028.50 at the close. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) added 4.19% or 1,155.00 points to end at 28,735.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 4.18% or 256.00 points to 6,381.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019), which lost 2.72% or 29.50 points to trade at 1,056.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6302) declined 2.47% or 86.00 points to end at 3,402.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) shed 2.44% or 35.00 points to 1,398.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2262 to 1333 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.20% to 25.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $75.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 9.55 to trade at $2,543.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 144.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 161.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.82.