Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 9.11% or 38.0 points to trade at 455.0 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 8.30% or 36.0 points to end at 469.6 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) was up 7.77% or 95.0 points to 1317.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 1.57% or 60.0 points to trade at 3760.0 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 1.47% or 27.0 points to end at 1813.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 1.05% or 96.0 points to 9078.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1897 to 131 and 34 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.86% to 21.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.98% or 0.87 to $44.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.46% or 0.67 to hit $46.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1322.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.55% to 102.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.48% to 113.95.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.12.