Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Rubber and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 10.37% or 235.0 points to trade at 2500.5 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) added 8.02% or 49.0 points to end at 660.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 7.98% or 645.0 points to 8727.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which lost 8.35% or 435.0 points to trade at 4775.0 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) declined 7.90% or 103.0 points to end at 1200.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 7.62% or 68.0 points to 824.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1778 to 1558 and 239 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.44% to 15.68 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.70% or 0.48 to $68.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.58% or 0.43 to hit $73.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1223.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 112.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 130.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.39.