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 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301), which rose 5.64% or 154.5 points to trade at 2893.5 at the close. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) added 5.56% or 42.0 points to end at 798.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) was up 5.07% or 56.0 points to 1161.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which lost 7.14% or 588.0 points to trade at 7644.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.61% or 107.5 points to end at 2873.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 3.58% or 24.0 points to 646.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2117 to 1475 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.08 to $77.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $80.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.80 to trade at $1815.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 115.99, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 131.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.188.