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 gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which rose 5.73% or 65.0 points to trade at 1200.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 5.52% or 32.0 points to end at 612.0 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) was up 4.51% or 210.0 points to 4870.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020), which lost 2.12% or 164.0 points to trade at 7575.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 2.09% or 64.0 points to end at 3001.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) shed 2.03% or 153.0 points to 7379.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2695 to 883 and 165 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.86 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.07% or 0.04 to $59.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.50 to trade at $1741.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 109.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 130.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 92.380.