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 gained 1.59% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 7.25% or 28.3 points to trade at 418.6 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) added 5.48% or 136.0 points to end at 2618.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 5.37% or 60.0 points to 1178.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 1.79% or 154.0 points to trade at 8461.0 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 1.32% or 36.0 points to end at 2698.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 0.71% or 7.0 points to 984.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2765 to 754 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.92% or 0.37 to $40.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.82% or 0.35 to hit $43.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.00 to trade at $1812.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 107.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 122.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.010.