Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Rubber and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.67% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denka Co Ltd (TYO:4061), which rose 6.37% or 205.00 points to trade at 3,425.00 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) added 3.73% or 52.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 3.38% or 22.00 points to 672.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which lost 3.80% or 10.00 points to trade at 253.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 3.22% or 100.00 points to end at 3,010.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 3.01% or 74.00 points to 2,384.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2201 to 1272 and 300 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.63% to 23.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.09% or 0.93 to $84.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.25% or 1.15 to hit $90.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 14.45 to trade at $1,672.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 147.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 147.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 110.32.