Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Machinery, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 5.15% or 207.0 points to trade at 4230.0 at the close. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) added 3.68% or 63.0 points to end at 1776.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 3.48% or 1740.0 points to 51790.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 4.20% or 46.0 points to trade at 1049.5 in late trade. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) declined 3.62% or 19.0 points to end at 506.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 2.49% or 115.0 points to 4500.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1991 to 1392 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 21.86% to 19.79 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.71% or 0.46 to $65.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $75.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1274.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 110.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 127.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.86.