Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fishery, Mining and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which rose 6.14% or 305.00 points to trade at 5,270.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 5.26% or 32.00 points to end at 640.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 3.12% or 110.00 points to 3,635.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8766), which lost 3.24% or 266.00 points to trade at 7,940.00 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:1332) declined 2.00% or 12.00 points to end at 587.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) shed 1.66% or 23.00 points to 1,366.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2189 to 1228 and 334 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.12% to 23.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.04% or 1.00 to $96.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 1.12 to hit $100.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.55 to trade at $1,723.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 137.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 137.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 108.18.