Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 7.02% or 408.00 points to trade at 6,222.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 7.00% or 25.00 points to end at 382.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was up 3.63% or 1,250.00 points to 35,650.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473), which fell 2.21% or 25.00 points to trade at 1,105.50 at the close. SoftBank Corp (TYO:9434) declined 2.12% or 42.00 points to end at 1,938.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was down 1.99% or 89.00 points to 4,388.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2154 to 1444 and 277 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.53% to 16.74.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.56 to $81.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.55 to hit $84.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.70 to trade at $2,327.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 159.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 171.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 105.39.