Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Rubber and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 3.52% or 29.0 points to trade at 852.0 at the close. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) added 3.34% or 21.0 points to end at 649.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 3.19% or 62.0 points to 2005.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which lost 5.52% or 299.0 points to trade at 5117.0 in late trade. NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) declined 4.00% or 165.0 points to end at 3956.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 3.78% or 180.0 points to 4585.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1812 to 1654 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.05% to 18.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.61 to $62.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.95 to trade at $1272.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 123.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.950.