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 Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 4.47% or 1035.0 points to trade at 24185.0 at the close. Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) added 4.45% or 990.0 points to end at 23235.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 4.38% or 23.0 points to 548.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 3.87% or 81.0 points to trade at 2012.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 3.28% or 12.0 points to end at 354.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) shed 2.29% or 95.0 points to 4051.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2059 to 1543 and 178 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.33 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.39% or 1.58 to $67.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.73% or 1.89 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 9.75 to trade at $1786.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 113.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 128.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.977.