Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which rose 8.78% or 385.00 points to trade at 4,770.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) added 5.74% or 200.00 points to end at 3,685.00 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 4.84% or 70.00 points to 1,517.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which lost 11.14% or 829.00 points to trade at 6,611.00 in late trade. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (T:8601) declined 5.72% or 38.90 points to end at 641.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) shed 4.94% or 49.00 points to 943.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2797 to 758 and 194 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.84% to 21.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.33% or 0.33 to $100.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.30% or 0.31 to hit $104.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 8.80 to trade at $1,967.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.60% to 126.11, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 136.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 100.38.