Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the gained 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:), which rose 6.37% or 230.0 points to trade at 3840.0 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (T:) added 5.44% or 310.0 points to end at 6010.0 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:) was up 4.35% or 103.0 points to 2470.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:), which lost 4.46% or 73.0 points to trade at 1564.0 in late trade. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 3.39% or 140.0 points to end at 3985.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:) shed 3.14% or 10.0 points to 308.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1957 to 1574 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.28% to 23.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.04% or 0.52 to $50.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.94% or 0.55 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1283.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 108.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 124.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.338.
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