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 gained 0.50% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 6.96% or 35.0 points to trade at 538.2 at the close. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) added 6.31% or 20.0 points to end at 337.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 6.02% or 96.0 points to 1690.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 3.60% or 107.0 points to trade at 2866.0 in late trade. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) declined 3.59% or 79.5 points to end at 2136.5 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 2.93% or 34.0 points to 1125.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2182 to 1351 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.76% or 0.34 to $45.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.96% or 0.46 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1804.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 104.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 124.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.102.