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 added 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (TYO: 4631 ), which rose 6.51% or 181.00 points to trade at 2,960.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6770 ) added 4.37% or 58.50 points to end at 1,398.50 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5232 ) was up 3.74% or 141.00 points to 3,911.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO: 6503 ), which fell 5.35% or 164.00 points to trade at 2,901.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713 ) declined 3.78% or 129.00 points to end at 3,283.00 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6504 ) was down 2.93% or 195.00 points to 6,458.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1901 to 1683 and 270 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.07% to 24.15.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.57% or 0.35 to $61.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $63.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 5.66 to trade at $3,333.96 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 144.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 163.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.64.