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 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 9.19% or 1,085.00 points to trade at 12,895.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.41% or 2,140.00 points to end at 31,020.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was up 6.69% or 68.50 points to 1,092.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oriental Land Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 5.87% or 267.00 points to trade at 4,282.00 at the close. Murata Mfg Co (TYO:) declined 4.64% or 163.00 points to end at 3,351.00 and ANA Holdings Inc (TYO:) was down 2.94% or 87.00 points to 2,876.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2753 to 880 and 216 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.47% to 21.43.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.03% or 1.52 to $76.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.91% or 1.49 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 16.60 to trade at $2,468.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 152.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 165.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.23.
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