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Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.75%
© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.75%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Warehousing and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:3402), which rose 6.95% or 50.30 points to trade at 773.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4063) added 3.01% or 520.00 points to end at 17,780.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) was up 2.58% or 80.00 points to 3,180.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which fell 3.81% or 23.00 points to trade at 581.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) declined 2.15% or 25.00 points to end at 1,137.00 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205) was down 1.68% or 10.00 points to 584.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2290 to 1225 and 294 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.91% to 18.95.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $75.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $80.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.95 to trade at $1,820.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 135.51, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 143.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 103.68.
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