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 1.72% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 27.92% or 79.0 points to trade at 362.0 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) added 11.04% or 131.0 points to end at 1318.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 5.92% or 241.0 points to 4314.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which lost 3.25% or 64.0 points to trade at 1903.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 2.40% or 161.0 points to end at 6535.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) shed 1.81% or 42.0 points to 2281.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2674 to 841 and 178 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.19% or 0.07 to $37.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.35% or 0.14 to hit $39.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 16.90 to trade at $1893.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.45% to 104.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 122.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 94.095.