Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Construction and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.25% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 10.34% or 110.0 points to trade at 1174.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 6.20% or 325.0 points to end at 5565.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 5.48% or 170.0 points to 3270.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 3.68% or 14.0 points to trade at 366.0 in late trade. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) declined 3.11% or 80.0 points to end at 2490.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) shed 2.78% or 94.0 points to 3286.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1985 to 1436 and 280 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.15% to 15.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.70% or 0.45 to $64.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.33 to hit $72.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.85 to trade at $1281.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 112.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.36% to 126.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.493.