Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Electrical/Machinery and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which rose 14.52% or 243.50 points to trade at 1,921.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (TYO:4188) added 9.88% or 83.80 points to end at 931.90 and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (TYO:8601) was up 9.69% or 83.70 points to 947.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 5.90% or 225.00 points to trade at 3,590.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 5.87% or 27.00 points to end at 433.00 and NH Foods Ltd (TYO:2282) shed 4.77% or 216.00 points to 4,314.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2512 to 1148 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.96% to 23.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.64% or 0.52 to $81.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.75% or 0.64 to hit $85.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.75 to trade at $1,987.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 151.29, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 159.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.54.