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 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 6.67% or 131.0 points to trade at 2095.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 6.40% or 19.0 points to end at 316.0 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) was up 6.33% or 25.0 points to 420.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which lost 3.39% or 260.0 points to trade at 7410.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) declined 1.62% or 33.0 points to end at 2000.5 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) shed 1.61% or 40.5 points to 2471.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2805 to 743 and 166 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.29 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.41 to $57.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.63% or 0.39 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1499.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 107.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 118.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.403.