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 added 0.50% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.99% or 515.00 points to trade at 6,242.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) added 8.63% or 39.20 points to end at 493.30 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was up 4.83% or 304.00 points to 6,596.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 6.25% or 125.00 points to trade at 1,875.00 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:) declined 5.86% or 183.00 points to end at 2,938.00 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.41% or 117.00 points to 3,318.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2259 to 1339 and 272 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.83% or 304.00 to 6,596.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 17.47.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.59% or 0.48 to $80.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.69% or 0.58 to hit $84.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 8.15 to trade at $2,376.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 161.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 174.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.79.
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