Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301), which rose 8.60% or 336.00 points to trade at 4,245.00 at the close. Canon Inc (TYO:7751) added 7.85% or 297.00 points to end at 4,080.00 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) was up 6.89% or 273.00 points to 4,234.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770), which lost 15.72% or 205.50 points to trade at 1,101.50 in late trade. Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:4043) declined 3.65% or 90.00 points to end at 2,378.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) shed 2.98% or 44.00 points to 1,431.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2369 to 1274 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.87% to 19.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.33% or 0.26 to $77.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.34% or 0.28 to hit $82.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.55 to trade at $2,052.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 147.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 159.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.45.