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 rose 0.22% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which rose 6.54% or 160.0 points to trade at 2605.0 at the close. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 4.49% or 27.0 points to end at 629.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 4.39% or 124.0 points to 2947.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which lost 6.06% or 334.0 points to trade at 5181.0 in late trade. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) declined 5.65% or 117.5 points to end at 1961.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) shed 4.95% or 19.0 points to 365.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1839 to 1661 and 267 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.49% or 0.28 to $56.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $62.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.15 to trade at $1486.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 109.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 120.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.735.