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 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which rose 8.98% or 37.50 points to trade at 455.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:) added 4.07% or 220.00 points to end at 5,626.00 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:) was up 3.96% or 193.00 points to 5,064.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.51% or 168.50 points to trade at 2,888.50 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.76% or 234.00 points to end at 4,681.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) was down 4.56% or 304.00 points to 6,359.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2087 to 1525 and 255 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.76% to 17.11.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.20% or 0.17 to hit $85.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.20 to trade at $2,343.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 157.79, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 169.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.90.
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