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 added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 4.40% or 283.0 points to trade at 6712.0 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 4.33% or 140.0 points to end at 3375.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 3.89% or 220.0 points to 5880.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which lost 9.03% or 233.0 points to trade at 2347.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.53% or 165.0 points to end at 3480.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) shed 4.36% or 41.0 points to 900.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2101 to 1411 and 243 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.63% or 0.52 to $81.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.50 to hit $84.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.45 to trade at $1774.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 114.46, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 133.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.845.