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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 5.94% or 107.0 points to trade at 1907.0 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) added 2.77% or 375.0 points to end at 13930.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was up 2.74% or 17.6 points to 659.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which lost 2.13% or 75.0 points to trade at 3445.0 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 2.04% or 29.0 points to end at 1391.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) shed 1.81% or 50.0 points to 2720.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2113 to 1412 and 259 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $71.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.70 to trade at $1787.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 114.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 128.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.570.