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 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 3.06% or 25.0 points to trade at 841.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 2.99% or 200.0 points to end at 6900.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was up 2.69% or 120.0 points to 4580.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 5.72% or 57.0 points to trade at 940.0 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 5.52% or 16.0 points to end at 274.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 5.12% or 20.0 points to 371.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2136 to 1342 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.00 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.55% or 0.22 to $39.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.47% or 0.20 to hit $42.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.90 to trade at $1897.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 105.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 123.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.648.