Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Marine Transport and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which rose 9.51% or 135.0 points to trade at 1554.0 at the close. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 5.45% or 690.0 points to end at 13350.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 2.92% or 21.0 points to 741.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 12.96% or 550.0 points to trade at 3695.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 10.80% or 168.0 points to end at 1388.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 7.91% or 155.0 points to 1804.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1810 to 1620 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 19.95% to 26.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.20% or 0.13 to $66.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.92% or 0.70 to hit $75.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1233.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 112.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 128.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.03.