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 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which rose 11.40% or 298.0 points to trade at 2912.0 at the close. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) added 7.06% or 55.0 points to end at 834.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 5.95% or 89.0 points to 1586.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 7.79% or 83.0 points to trade at 983.0 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) declined 5.29% or 519.0 points to end at 9292.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 4.22% or 140.0 points to 3180.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2371 to 1147 and 170 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.72% or 0.30 to $41.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.81% or 0.36 to hit $44.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 10.10 to trade at $1936.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 106.77, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 125.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.703.