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 added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 7.67% or 83.0 points to trade at 1165.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 7.40% or 157.0 points to end at 2280.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 5.92% or 95.0 points to 1701.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which fell 2.25% or 130.0 points to trade at 5640.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 1.82% or 14.0 points to end at 756.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 1.79% or 37.0 points to 2027.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2348 to 1140 and 212 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.83.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.08% or 0.45 to $41.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.14% or 0.49 to hit $42.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 6.75 to trade at $1922.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 105.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 124.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.812.