Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Retail and Real Estate 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 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011), which rose 2.76% or 223.00 points to trade at 8,307.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) added 2.39% or 85.00 points to end at 3,646.00 and Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971) was up 2.33% or 170.00 points to 7,465.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which lost 1.94% or 12.60 points to trade at 638.10 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 1.94% or 43.00 points to end at 2,170.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) shed 1.76% or 9.50 points to 531.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1925 to 1650 and 290 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.12% to 18.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.52% or 0.42 to $81.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.42% or 0.36 to hit $85.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.25 to trade at $1,962.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 146.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 159.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 103.59.