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 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 3.84% or 168.0 points to trade at 4539.0 at the close. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) added 3.59% or 32.0 points to end at 924.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was up 3.42% or 30.0 points to 906.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (T:7751), which lost 2.94% or 79.5 points to trade at 2628.5 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 1.84% or 70.0 points to end at 3725.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) shed 1.67% or 32.0 points to 1887.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2586 to 939 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $67.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.15 to trade at $1808.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 110.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 129.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.188.