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 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.04% or 45.0 points to trade at 1159.0 at the close. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) added 3.63% or 70.0 points to end at 2001.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 3.20% or 66.0 points to 2131.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729), which lost 3.96% or 96.0 points to trade at 2330.0 in late trade. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) declined 2.87% or 25.0 points to end at 846.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) shed 2.84% or 64.0 points to 2192.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2388 to 1053 and 253 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.63% or 0.34 to $54.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.51% or 0.30 to hit $58.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 10.65 to trade at $1545.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 106.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.43% to 116.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 98.787.