Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Transport and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401), which rose 4.96% or 127.0 points to trade at 2688.2 at the close. Meanwhile, JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) added 4.36% or 80.0 points to end at 1916.5 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 4.06% or 9.0 points to 230.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which fell 2.73% or 150.0 points to trade at 5350.0 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) declined 1.34% or 120.0 points to end at 8860.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was down 1.22% or 1.0 points to 81.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1561 to 1426 and 350 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.02% to 20.78.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.30% or 0.16 to $52.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $55.64 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1212.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.65% to 113.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.37% to 121.09.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 100.61.