Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Banking and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which rose 6.28% or 187.0 points to trade at 3165.0 at the close. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) added 5.80% or 100.0 points to end at 1825.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was up 5.02% or 10.0 points to 209.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 3.49% or 82.0 points to trade at 2270.5 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 3.10% or 7.0 points to end at 218.5 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) shed 3.07% or 230.0 points to 7265.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1768 to 1213 and 349 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.77% to 20.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $52.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.10 to trade at $1284.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.47% to 108.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 116.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 99.59.