Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which rose 12.05% or 222.00 points to trade at 2,065.00 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) added 7.98% or 36.00 points to end at 487.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 7.21% or 201.00 points to 2,988.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which lost 2.56% or 230.00 points to trade at 8,750.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 2.43% or 260.00 points to end at 10,420.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) shed 2.16% or 59.50 points to 2,690.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2661 to 837 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.79% to 19.35.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.40% or 0.48 to $119.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.28 to hit $120.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.70 to trade at $1,850.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.63% to 133.41, while EUR/JPY rose 0.53% to 142.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 102.56.