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 0.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Fanuc Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.67% or 235.00 points to trade at 4,378.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.59% or 278.00 points to end at 6,329.00 and Keyence (TYO:) was up 3.75% or 2,330.00 points to 64,450.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.30% or 297.00 points to trade at 6,603.00 at the close. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.16% or 293.00 points to end at 6,755.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.54% or 334.00 points to 9,090.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1892 to 1685 and 294 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.78% to 24.30.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.56% or 0.43 to $76.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.35 to hit $80.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 13.69 to trade at $2,695.99 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 157.27, while EUR/JPY fell 0.60% to 161.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 109.10.
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