Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO: 4902 ), which rose 9.95% or 39.70 points to trade at 438.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO: 4901 ) added 8.73% or 233.50 points to end at 2,909.50 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO: 7205 ) was up 6.55% or 29.70 points to 483.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO: 9843 ), which fell 2.57% or 455.00 points to trade at 17,280.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4519 ) declined 1.43% or 119.00 points to end at 8,194.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713 ) was down 1.26% or 40.00 points to 3,145.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2620 to 1007 and 226 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.59% or 1.01 to $64.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.51% or 1.02 to hit $68.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 2.82% or 96.36 to trade at $3,323.04 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 141.63, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 161.30.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.93.