Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Paper & Pulp and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 4.10% or 122.00 points to trade at 3,095.00 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (TYO:2871) added 4.04% or 105.00 points to end at 2,706.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) was up 3.23% or 210.00 points to 6,720.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which lost 4.08% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,480.00 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 4.06% or 114.50 points to end at 2,704.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) shed 3.62% or 88.00 points to 2,346.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1823 to 1672 and 304 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.03% to 18.87 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.56 to $86.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.48% or 0.45 to hit $93.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.75 to trade at $1,777.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 145.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.29.