Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Finance&Investment, Insurance and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401), which rose 10.32% or 145.00 points to trade at 1,550.00 at the close. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) added 6.31% or 2,700.00 points to end at 45,470.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) was up 5.48% or 148.00 points to 2,849.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which lost 5.64% or 153.00 points to trade at 2,557.50 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:5711) declined 3.55% or 112.00 points to end at 3,040.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) shed 3.26% or 98.50 points to 2,923.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1970 to 1634 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.32% or 0.25 to $77.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $81.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.12% or 26.85 to trade at $2,366.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 156.65, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 169.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.80.