Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Retail and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 6.10% or 16.4 points to trade at 285.4 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) added 5.23% or 83.0 points to end at 1671.5 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 5.12% or 40.0 points to 820.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 2.94% or 87.0 points to trade at 2877.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 2.15% or 16.0 points to end at 729.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) shed 1.72% or 55.0 points to 3140.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1689 to 1481 and 306 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.83% to 12.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.94% or 0.45 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $50.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.64 to trade at $1245.46 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 111.90, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 129.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.11.