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 1.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which rose 7.02% or 408.00 points to trade at 6,222.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) added 7.00% or 25.00 points to end at 382.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.63% or 1,250.00 points to 35,650.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JTEKT Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.21% or 25.00 points to trade at 1,105.50 at the close. SoftBank Corp (TYO:) declined 2.12% or 42.00 points to end at 1,938.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:) was down 1.99% or 89.00 points to 4,388.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2154 to 1444 and 277 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.53% to 16.74.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.56 to $81.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.55 to hit $84.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.70 to trade at $2,327.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 159.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 171.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 105.39.
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