Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.05% or 53.0 points to trade at 1103.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 4.68% or 69.5 points to end at 1555.5 and Panasonic Corp. (T:6752) was up 3.68% or 35.1 points to 990.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which fell 2.82% or 46.0 points to trade at 1586.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 2.69% or 31.5 points to end at 1138.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was down 2.57% or 23.0 points to 871.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1269 to 577 and 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.05% or 53.0 to 1103.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.68% to 26.23.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $50.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.48% or 5.95 to trade at $1252.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 107.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 121.79.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 93.74.