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 0.50% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 6.96% or 35.0 points to trade at 538.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) added 6.31% or 20.0 points to end at 337.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 6.02% or 96.0 points to 1690.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which fell 3.60% or 107.0 points to trade at 2866.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) declined 3.59% or 79.5 points to end at 2136.5 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 2.93% or 34.0 points to 1125.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2182 to 1351 and 203 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.38.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.80% or 0.36 to $45.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.96% or 0.46 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.40 to trade at $1805.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 104.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 124.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.102.