Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Glass and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 9.40% or 30.0 points to trade at 349.0 at the close. TDK Corp. (T:6762) added 7.31% or 580.0 points to end at 8510.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) was up 4.91% or 77.0 points to 1644.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 13.64% or 27.0 points to trade at 171.0 in late trade. Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) declined 5.71% or 59.0 points to end at 974.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) shed 5.09% or 52.0 points to 970.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1161 to 708 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.54% to 23.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.54% or 6.00 to trade at $1120.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 121.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 132.54.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 97.35.