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 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 5.56% or 104.0 points to trade at 1973.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 5.52% or 123.0 points to end at 2352.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 4.53% or 64.0 points to 1478.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Haseko Corp (T:1808), which lost 3.75% or 45.00 points to trade at 1155.00 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.80% or 10.0 points to end at 347.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) shed 2.65% or 85.0 points to 3120.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1959 to 1489 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.48% or 0.27 to $57.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.31% or 0.20 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.35 to trade at $1424.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 108.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.33% to 120.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.507.