Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Mining and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 5.45% or 180.00 points to trade at 3,485.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 4.55% or 134.00 points to end at 3,080.00 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) was up 4.38% or 855.00 points to 20,365.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kikkoman Corp. (TYO:2801), which lost 3.33% or 240.00 points to trade at 6,960.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) declined 2.98% or 41.00 points to end at 1,336.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) shed 2.01% or 16.00 points to 781.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2274 to 1272 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.31% to 26.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.48% or 1.62 to $111.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.15% or 1.29 to hit $113.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.22 to trade at $1,814.68 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 129.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 135.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 103.59.