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 rose 0.79% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 16.04% or 331.0 points to trade at 2395.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) added 7.59% or 183.0 points to end at 2595.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 6.07% or 19.0 points to 332.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which lost 3.83% or 104.0 points to trade at 2613.0 in late trade. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) declined 2.57% or 130.0 points to end at 4936.0 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) shed 2.43% or 112.0 points to 4498.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2475 to 1107 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.81% or 0.26 to $31.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.55% or 0.19 to hit $34.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 8.75 to trade at $1754.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 107.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.453.