Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction, Real Estate and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 7.05% or 139.0 points to trade at 2110.0 at the close. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 5.04% or 670.0 points to end at 13960.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 3.95% or 97.0 points to 2552.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 5.60% or 96.0 points to trade at 1619.0 in late trade. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) declined 5.51% or 94.0 points to end at 1610.5 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) shed 5.44% or 582.5 points to 10130.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1910 to 1577 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.09% to 19.15 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.36% or 0.27 to $74.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $84.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1190.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 113.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 130.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.38.