Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Transportation Equipment and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which rose 6.97% or 590.0 points to trade at 9060.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.98% or 19.0 points to end at 336.5 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) was up 2.69% or 219.5 points to 8383.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which fell 3.17% or 130.0 points to trade at 3975.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.06% or 77.0 points to end at 2436.0 and Teijin Ltd. (T:3401) was down 2.76% or 60.0 points to 2110.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1992 to 1330 and 234 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) rose to all time highs; up 6.97% or 590.0 to 9060.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.65% to 15.28.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $66.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1296.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 110.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 129.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.93.