Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 6.59% or 364.0 points to trade at 5888.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 5.65% or 120.0 points to end at 2244.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 4.70% or 17.0 points to 379.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 1.55% or 980.0 points to trade at 62310.0 in late trade. Subaru Corp (T:7270) declined 1.37% or 36.0 points to end at 2592.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 1.23% or 27.0 points to 2176.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3105 to 471 and 126 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.11% to 20.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.99% or 0.53 to $52.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.79% or 0.49 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 10.05 to trade at $1338.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 121.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.977.