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 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 9.92% or 96.0 points to trade at 1064.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.77% or 250.0 points to end at 5490.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was up 4.36% or 230.0 points to 5500.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obayashi Corp. (T:1802), which lost 4.92% or 55.0 points to trade at 1063.0 in late trade. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) declined 4.36% or 42.0 points to end at 921.0 and Taisei Corp. (T:1801) shed 3.80% or 160.0 points to 4045.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1758 to 1748 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.87 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.26% or 0.88 to $38.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.80% or 0.74 to hit $40.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.30 to trade at $1725.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 107.33, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 121.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.183.