Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Shipbuilding and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which rose 4.78% or 142.0 points to trade at 3115.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 3.42% or 22.0 points to end at 666.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 3.10% or 24.7 points to 822.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 8.13% or 183.0 points to trade at 2068.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 3.89% or 260.0 points to end at 6420.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) shed 2.88% or 665.0 points to 22465.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1757 to 1571 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.73% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.12 to $65.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.76% or 0.57 to hit $75.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1300.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 110.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 129.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.68.