Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fishery, Railway & Bus and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 6.69% or 178.0 points to trade at 2838.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) added 5.92% or 232.5 points to end at 4159.5 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 5.18% or 107.0 points to 2173.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which lost 6.64% or 78.0 points to trade at 1096.0 in late trade. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) declined 5.98% or 210.0 points to end at 3301.0 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) shed 4.06% or 29.5 points to 697.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2217 to 1208 and 156 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 51.69% to 31.02 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.77% or 0.49 to $63.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.88% or 0.59 to hit $67.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1333.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 109.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.32% to 135.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 89.41.