Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Transportation Equipment and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.08% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 5.58% or 185.0 points to trade at 3500.0 at the close. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) added 4.35% or 119.0 points to end at 2853.0 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) was up 4.30% or 95.0 points to 2302.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 2.48% or 1430.0 points to trade at 56230.0 in late trade. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) declined 2.16% or 36.0 points to end at 1632.5 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) shed 1.83% or 2.0 points to 107.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2726 to 720 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.54% to 16.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.22 to $69.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $79.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.50 to trade at $1208.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 112.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 131.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.92.