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 added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912), which rose 7.30% or 158.0 points to trade at 2321.0 at the close. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 4.99% or 122.0 points to end at 2569.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 3.84% or 44.0 points to 1190.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which lost 5.37% or 21.0 points to trade at 370.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 4.16% or 20.0 points to end at 461.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 3.85% or 22.0 points to 550.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1760 to 1747 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.72% or 0.46 to $63.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.87% or 0.59 to hit $66.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.40 to trade at $1712.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 108.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 129.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 92.148.