Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 9.11% or 38.0 points to trade at 455.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 8.30% or 36.0 points to end at 469.6 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) was up 7.77% or 95.0 points to 1317.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 1.57% or 60.0 points to trade at 3760.0 at the close. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 1.47% or 27.0 points to end at 1813.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was down 1.05% or 96.0 points to 9078.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1897 to 131 and 34 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.86% to 21.27.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.98% or 0.87 to $44.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.39% or 0.64 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.75 to trade at $1321.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.57% to 102.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.48% to 113.95.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.12.