Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp. (T:6762), which rose 5.90% or 520.0 points to trade at 9340.0 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) added 5.50% or 390.0 points to end at 7480.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was up 4.84% or 14.0 points to 303.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 2.69% or 127.6 points to trade at 4607.5 in late trade. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) declined 2.59% or 54.5 points to end at 2049.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) shed 2.55% or 14.0 points to 536.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1880 to 1384 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.07% to 18.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.87% or 1.06 to $57.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.74 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.83 to trade at $1283.53 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 112.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 131.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.75.