Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Automobiles & Parts and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which rose 6.15% or 4.0 points to trade at 69.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) added 5.31% or 153.5 points to end at 3042.0 and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (TO) (T:8306) was up 5.29% or 25.0 points to 497.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 5.39% or 140.0 points to trade at 2456.5 in late trade. Sharp Corp. (T:6753) declined 4.57% or 5.0 points to end at 104.5 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) shed 4.18% or 77.0 points to 1765.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1337 to 624 and 95 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.47% to 29.76.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.92% or 0.43 to $46.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.05% or 0.51 to hit $47.96 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1342.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 104.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 115.47.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.44.