Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power , Rubber and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713 ), which rose 5.54% or 194.00 points to trade at 3,694.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO: 7974 ) added 5.25% or 565.00 points to end at 11,330.00 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO: 4902 ) was up 5.18% or 27.20 points to 551.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nexon Co Ltd (TYO: 3659 ), which fell 5.93% or 132.50 points to trade at 2,103.50 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9009 ) declined 3.70% or 56.00 points to end at 1,459.50 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011 ) was down 2.71% or 74.50 points to 2,679.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2411 to 1178 and 286 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.79% to 28.16 a new 3-months high.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.51% or 0.35 to $69.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.33 to hit $72.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.65 to trade at $3,057.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 150.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 162.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.99.