Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.05% or 53.0 points to trade at 1103.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 4.68% or 69.5 points to end at 1555.5 and Panasonic Corp. (T:6752) was up 3.68% or 35.1 points to 990.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which lost 2.82% or 46.0 points to trade at 1586.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 2.69% or 31.5 points to end at 1138.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) shed 2.57% or 23.0 points to 871.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1269 to 577 and 151 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.68% to 26.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $50.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.50 to trade at $1252.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 107.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 121.78.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 93.73.