Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Retail and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 3.98% or 26.0 points to trade at 680.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 3.42% or 102.0 points to end at 3085.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) was up 3.05% or 100.0 points to 3375.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 16.09% or 267.0 points to trade at 1392.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 14.02% or 635.0 points to end at 3895.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 7.71% or 159.0 points to 1903.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2087 to 1290 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.70% to 22.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.23% or 0.78 to $62.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.19% or 0.81 to hit $67.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 10.00 to trade at $1347.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.49% to 106.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 130.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.64.