Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 5.84% or 320.00 points to trade at 5,800.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 5.83% or 36.00 points to end at 654.00 and TDK Corp (TYO:6762) was up 4.59% or 205.00 points to 4,670.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802), which lost 0.69% or 11.00 points to trade at 1,575.00 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 0.35% or 8.00 points to end at 2,267.50 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) shed 0.35% or 8.50 points to 2,396.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3160 to 496 and 172 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 17.22% to 22.80 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.02% or 0.71 to $68.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.69 to hit $74.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.15 to trade at $1,939.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 132.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 142.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.87.