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 1.80% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which rose 10.54% or 36.0 points to trade at 377.5 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) added 5.88% or 171.0 points to end at 3081.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) was up 5.66% or 170.0 points to 3175.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 1.10% or 30.0 points to trade at 2708.0 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 0.99% or 12.0 points to end at 1195.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) shed 0.84% or 64.0 points to 7558.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2914 to 607 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.92.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.35% or 0.19 to $54.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.39% or 0.24 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.00 to trade at $1346.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 108.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 121.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.188.