Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Machinery, Glass and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which rose 6.26% or 265.00 points to trade at 4,500.00 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 4.82% or 850.00 points to end at 18,500.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) was up 4.60% or 915.00 points to 20,825.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which lost 3.34% or 39.00 points to trade at 1,130.00 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 2.98% or 41.00 points to end at 1,335.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) shed 2.63% or 25.00 points to 927.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2682 to 861 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.38% to 18.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.59% or 0.44 to $74.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.47% or 0.38 to hit $79.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 10.55 to trade at $1,887.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 132.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 142.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.88.