Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.53% or 86.0 points to trade at 1641.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 5.32% or 340.0 points to end at 6725.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 4.46% or 108.0 points to 2528.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 14.19% or 299.0 points to trade at 1808.5 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 7.72% or 245.5 points to end at 2934.5 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) shed 5.90% or 123.0 points to 1962.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3052 to 469 and 152 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.23% to 24.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.28% or 0.20 to $72.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.33 to hit $81.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.20 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 112.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 129.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.86.