Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.05% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 7.36% or 31.0 points to trade at 452.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 6.67% or 90.0 points to end at 1440.0 and Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267) was up 5.09% or 147.5 points to 3047.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 4.75% or 203.0 points to trade at 4070.0 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 3.11% or 84.0 points to end at 2616.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 2.41% or 135.0 points to 5457.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1994 to 1501 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.13.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.17 to $44.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $47.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.65 to trade at $1817.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 104.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 126.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 91.132.