Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Rubber and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which rose 8.38% or 450.0 points to trade at 5820.0 at the close. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) added 6.26% or 96.0 points to end at 1630.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) was up 5.34% or 92.5 points to 1823.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 8.62% or 19.8 points to trade at 209.8 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 4.27% or 111.0 points to end at 2490.0 and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) shed 3.50% or 75.0 points to 2065.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2047 to 979 and 315 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.62% to 17.66 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.68% or 0.36 to $52.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1226.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 114.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 120.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.21.