Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.00% By Investing.com

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 rose 1.00%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 11.34% or 28.0 points to trade at 275.0 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) added 6.86% or 390.0 points to end at 6072.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 6.65% or 93.0 points to 1491.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 3.57% or 310.0 points to trade at 8380.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 3.44% or 12.0 points to end at 337.0 and TDK Corp (T:6762) shed 2.86% or 470.0 points to 15950.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2520 to 1023 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.64.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.69% or 0.38 to $55.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 7.30 to trade at $1840.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 105.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 126.42.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 91.123.