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 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Haseko Corp (T:1808), which rose 4.10% or 61.00 points to trade at 1548.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) added 3.96% or 166.0 points to end at 4353.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 3.96% or 240.0 points to 6300.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 4.19% or 19.0 points to trade at 435.0 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) declined 3.14% or 222.0 points to end at 6857.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 2.29% or 44.0 points to 1876.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2118 to 1409 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.62% or 0.36 to $58.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 4.45 to trade at $1553.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 110.02, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 121.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.430.