Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fishery, Real Estate and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 8.05% or 39.0 points to trade at 523.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 5.07% or 137.0 points to end at 2841.0 and Haseko Corp (T:1808) was up 4.48% or 42.0 points to 980.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which fell 6.82% or 35.0 points to trade at 478.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 2.56% or 26.5 points to end at 1010.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was down 2.39% or 59.0 points to 2408.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1927 to 976 and 388 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.52% to 19.17 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.13% or 0.57 to $50.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.08% or 0.56 to hit $52.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1262.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 103.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 113.75.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.90.