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 added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 8.04% or 265.0 points to trade at 3560.0 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) added 7.66% or 478.0 points to end at 6715.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 6.53% or 185.0 points to 3020.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 2.87% or 68.0 points to trade at 2298.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 2.74% or 52.0 points to end at 1846.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) shed 2.31% or 15.0 points to 635.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2006 to 1506 and 233 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $70.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.70 to trade at $1902.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 133.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.965.