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 1.29% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which rose 9.06% or 63.0 points to trade at 758.0 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) added 7.48% or 30.7 points to end at 441.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 7.13% or 30.0 points to 451.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630), which lost 2.38% or 91.0 points to trade at 3740.0 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) declined 2.06% or 245.0 points to end at 11660.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) shed 1.86% or 90.0 points to 4745.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1797 to 1721 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.60.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.23% or 0.82 to $37.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.64% or 0.65 to hit $40.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.35 to trade at $1726.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.50% to 121.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.338.