Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Textile, Marine Transport and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832), which rose 13.73% or 530.00 points to trade at 4,389.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 13.66% or 209.00 points to end at 1,738.50 and Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7267) was up 8.19% or 113.50 points to 1,500.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841), which fell 7.08% or 224.00 points to trade at 2,942.00 in late trade. Nichirei Corp. (TYO:2871) declined 5.56% or 211.00 points to end at 3,582.00 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503) down 4.88% or 125.00 points to 2,436.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2105 to 1487 and 278 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Shares in Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 13.73% or 530.00 to 4,389.00. Shares in Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) rose to 52-week highs; up 13.66% or 209.00 to 1,738.50.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 20.26% to 24.63.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.19% or 0.14 to $72.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $75.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 7.39 to trade at $2,883.19 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.70% to 153.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.65% to 159.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.75.