© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.75%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the were Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:), which rose 6.95% or 50.30 points to trade at 773.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.01% or 520.00 points to end at 17,780.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:) was up 2.58% or 80.00 points to 3,180.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which fell 3.81% or 23.00 points to trade at 581.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.15% or 25.00 points to end at 1,137.00 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.68% or 10.00 points to 584.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2290 to 1225 and 294 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.91% to 18.95.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $75.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $80.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.95 to trade at $1,820.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 135.51, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 143.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 103.68.
