Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802), which rose 9.15% or 170.5 points to trade at 2033.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 8.52% or 118.0 points to end at 1503.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 8.11% or 171.0 points to 2280.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which lost 8.96% or 121.0 points to trade at 1230.0 in late trade. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) declined 7.82% or 337.0 points to end at 3970.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) shed 7.60% or 162.0 points to 1970.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2234 to 1309 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 23.79 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.99% or 0.61 to $61.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.36 to hit $70.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1295.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 109.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 122.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.328.