Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Transportation Equipment and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105), which rose 25.53% or 300.0 points to trade at 1475.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 4.65% or 270.0 points to end at 6080.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) was up 4.46% or 17.0 points to 398.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 3.56% or 19.0 points to trade at 514.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 1.72% or 33.0 points to end at 1890.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 1.52% or 25.0 points to 1621.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2081 to 1111 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.71% to 13.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.13 to trade at $1337.83 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 109.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 131.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 91.75.