Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Finance & Investment and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 5.37% or 101.0 points to trade at 1983.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 2.80% or 160.0 points to end at 5870.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 2.56% or 130.0 points to 5210.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 6.98% or 120.0 points to trade at 1599.0 in late trade. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 3.36% or 58.5 points to end at 1684.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 2.72% or 77.0 points to 2755.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1897 to 1465 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.34% to 23.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.95% or 0.59 to $61.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.69% or 0.45 to hit $64.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1328.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.45% to 107.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 132.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.80.