Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Transport and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 7.62% or 92.5 points to trade at 1306.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 4.85% or 15.0 points to end at 324.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 4.46% or 64.0 points to 1498.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which lost 4.87% or 22.0 points to trade at 430.0 in late trade. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) declined 3.99% or 88.0 points to end at 2117.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) shed 2.68% or 980.0 points to 35600.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1287 to 617 and 153 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.16% to 22.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.68% or 0.81 to $47.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.48% or 0.74 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 5.15 to trade at $1340.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 100.29, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 113.25.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.63.