Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Paper & Pulp and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 4.61% or 126.50 points to trade at 2,871.50 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 3.43% or 248.00 points to end at 7,488.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 2.94% or 97.00 points to 3,399.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which lost 2.12% or 11.10 points to trade at 511.30 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) declined 1.56% or 27.50 points to end at 1,740.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) shed 1.52% or 35.00 points to 2,274.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2252 to 1394 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.25% to 23.20 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.18% or 0.15 to $83.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.30% or 0.26 to hit $88.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.95 to trade at $1,984.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 149.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 158.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.09.