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 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002), which rose 4.47% or 84.0 points to trade at 1962.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 4.12% or 74.0 points to end at 1868.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 4.07% or 220.0 points to 5630.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 4.23% or 150.0 points to trade at 3395.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 3.16% or 15.0 points to end at 460.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 2.90% or 34.0 points to 1140.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2321 to 1227 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.05% or 0.55 to $52.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.90% or 0.52 to hit $58.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.35 to trade at $1606.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 110.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 118.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.328.