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 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 10.28% or 627.00 points to trade at 6,724.00 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (TYO:) added 6.25% or 514.00 points to end at 8,739.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.05% or 91.50 points to 2,348.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TOTO Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 2.56% or 108.00 points to trade at 4,106.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) declined 2.45% or 15.00 points to end at 597.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) was down 1.95% or 9.90 points to 496.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1830 to 1710 and 322 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.95% or 9.90 to 496.60.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.50% to 21.43.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.82% or 0.56 to $69.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.75% or 0.54 to hit $72.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 13.01 to trade at $2,731.41 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 151.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 159.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.08.
