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 rose 1.33% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 6.77% or 36.4 points to trade at 574.1 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 6.38% or 180.0 points to end at 3000.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 5.57% or 395.0 points to 7489.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 4.40% or 60.0 points to trade at 1305.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 2.33% or 14.6 points to end at 612.7 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) shed 1.53% or 19.0 points to 1226.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2086 to 1426 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.22% or 0.10 to $45.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 11.35 to trade at $1863.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 104.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.36% to 126.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 90.810.