Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Transportation Equipment and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which rose 6.97% or 590.0 points to trade at 9060.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.98% or 19.0 points to end at 336.5 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) was up 2.69% or 219.5 points to 8383.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which lost 3.17% or 130.0 points to trade at 3975.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.06% or 77.0 points to end at 2436.0 and Teijin Ltd. (T:3401) shed 2.76% or 60.0 points to 2110.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1992 to 1330 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.65% to 15.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $66.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1296.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 110.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 129.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.93.