Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 10.05% or 238.0 points to trade at 2607.0 at the close. AGC Inc (T:5201) added 9.43% or 480.0 points to end at 5570.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 9.04% or 141.0 points to 1700.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 6.98% or 123.0 points to trade at 1640.0 in late trade. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 5.82% or 136.0 points to end at 2200.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) shed 4.95% or 360.0 points to 6910.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2649 to 939 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.55% or 0.49 to $88.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.56% or 0.51 to hit $90.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1827.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 115.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 131.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.605.