Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Precision Instruments and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752), which rose 4.75% or 75.50 points to trade at 1,664.50 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) added 4.02% or 76.00 points to end at 1,967.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) was up 3.80% or 18.90 points to 516.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which lost 5.65% or 43.00 points to trade at 718.00 in late trade. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO:3105) declined 1.39% or 15.00 points to end at 1,067.00 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) shed 1.12% or 69.00 points to 6,086.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2653 to 928 and 264 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.42% to 18.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.70% or 0.56 to $79.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.70% or 0.59 to hit $83.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 7.05 to trade at $1,933.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 145.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.58% to 157.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 103.61.