Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.08% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971), which rose 6.09% or 122.50 points to trade at 2,132.50 at the close. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) added 5.68% or 117.00 points to end at 2,176.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was up 5.22% or 215.00 points to 4,332.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which lost 6.54% or 51.00 points to trade at 729.00 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) declined 1.94% or 410.00 points to end at 20,700.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) shed 1.80% or 12.10 points to 659.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2069 to 1576 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.01% to 19.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.54% or 0.39 to $72.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $77.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.55 to trade at $2,031.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 144.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 158.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.29.