Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Machinery, Chemical and Fishery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.13% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 2.71% or 46.0 points to trade at 1741.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) added 2.04% or 30.2 points to end at 1510.5 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 1.88% or 86.0 points to 4662.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which fell 4.19% or 220.0 points to trade at 5030.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 3.29% or 220.0 points to end at 6460.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was down 3.07% or 180.0 points to 5675.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2037 to 1232 and 222 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.55% to 15.82.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.27% or 0.14 to $52.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.36 to hit $58.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.02 to trade at $1285.18 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.33% to 112.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 132.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.45.