Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Retail and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911), which rose 11.03% or 401.00 points to trade at 4,037.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 8.07% or 51.70 points to end at 692.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 4.53% or 475.00 points to 10,970.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which lost 0.99% or 40.00 points to trade at 4,011.00 in late trade. Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) declined 0.59% or 25.00 points to end at 4,248.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) shed 0.48% or 3.00 points to 616.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2829 to 806 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $72.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 6.40 to trade at $2,042.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 147.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 158.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.93.