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 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 3.82% or 230.0 points to trade at 6250.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 3.21% or 57.0 points to end at 1830.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 3.08% or 83.0 points to 2779.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 1.74% or 65.0 points to trade at 3665.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) declined 1.71% or 38.0 points to end at 2185.5 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 1.62% or 100.0 points to 6060.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1832 to 1730 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.08% or 0.58 to $54.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.63 to hit $59.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.25 to trade at $1567.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 120.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.890.