Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Gas & Water and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723), which rose 10.54% or 240.50 points to trade at 2,520.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) added 10.33% or 161.50 points to end at 1,726.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was up 7.11% or 2,310.00 points to 34,720.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004), which fell 8.65% or 321.00 points to trade at 3,397.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 5.70% or 219.00 points to end at 3,616.00 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) was down 2.27% or 25.00 points to 1,075.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2508 to 1100 and 259 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.43% to 20.72.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.20% or 0.17 to $83.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.19% or 0.17 to hit $88.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.40 to trade at $2,338.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 154.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 165.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.57.