Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 5.59% or 245.00 points to trade at 4,629.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 4.71% or 1,100.00 points to end at 24,445.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) was up 4.28% or 25.00 points to 609.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012), which lost 4.12% or 128.00 points to trade at 2,982.00 in late trade. Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) declined 3.72% or 200.00 points to end at 5,175.00 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) shed 3.66% or 815.00 points to 21,435.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1851 to 1753 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.66% to 18.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.47% or 0.32 to $68.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 4.75 to trade at $1,988.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 145.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 157.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.54.