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 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 5.27% or 104.5 points to trade at 2087.5 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 4.64% or 297.0 points to end at 6704.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 4.46% or 250.0 points to 5850.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which lost 4.21% or 30.0 points to trade at 683.0 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) declined 4.18% or 43.0 points to end at 985.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 4.04% or 51.0 points to 1212.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2166 to 1287 and 224 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.35% or 0.90 to $39.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.07% or 0.84 to hit $41.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 8.15 to trade at $1974.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 105.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 124.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.023.