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 gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 3.02% or 56.0 points to trade at 1909.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) added 2.87% or 28.0 points to end at 1004.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 2.61% or 57.0 points to 2237.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 6.24% or 62.0 points to trade at 932.0 in late trade. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) declined 2.86% or 87.0 points to end at 2958.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) shed 2.33% or 45.0 points to 1890.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2106 to 1366 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.06% or 0.58 to $55.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.69% or 0.41 to hit $59.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.95 to trade at $1549.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 105.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 117.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.953.