Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 4.59% or 39.0 points to trade at 889.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 4.50% or 175.0 points to end at 4065.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 4.15% or 210.0 points to 5270.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 3.93% or 36.5 points to trade at 892.5 in late trade. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) declined 2.77% or 15.0 points to end at 526.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 2.74% or 150.0 points to 5320.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2160 to 1178 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.41% to 16.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.15% or 0.10 to $68.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1228.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 111.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 130.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.30.