Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.56% or 330.0 points to trade at 7570.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 3.78% or 107.0 points to end at 2935.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 3.76% or 60.0 points to 1655.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 3.13% or 12.0 points to trade at 371.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 2.64% or 43.0 points to end at 1587.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 2.36% or 39.5 points to 1636.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2283 to 1213 and 269 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.76% or 60.0 to 1655.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.43.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.17% or 0.10 to $58.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.75 to trade at $1466.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 109.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 120.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.265.