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 added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 10.46% or 39.0 points to trade at 412.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 7.21% or 15.0 points to end at 223.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 7.14% or 92.0 points to 1380.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which lost 4.45% or 270.0 points to trade at 5800.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.68% or 8.0 points to end at 290.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 2.06% or 21.0 points to 999.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1855 to 1643 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.46% or 0.22 to $47.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.35 to trade at $1859.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 103.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 125.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.310.