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 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 6.27% or 127.0 points to trade at 2152.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 5.89% or 325.0 points to end at 5845.0 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) was up 5.65% or 190.0 points to 3550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007), which lost 2.06% or 52.0 points to trade at 2477.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 1.86% or 80.0 points to end at 4220.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) shed 1.82% or 75.0 points to 4045.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2466 to 1013 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.14% or 0.65 to $56.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.82% or 0.50 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.25 to trade at $1510.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 106.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 118.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.595.