Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Retail and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911), which rose 11.03% or 401.00 points to trade at 4,037.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 8.07% or 51.70 points to end at 692.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 4.53% or 475.00 points to 10,970.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which fell 0.99% or 40.00 points to trade at 4,011.00 at the close. Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) declined 0.59% or 25.00 points to end at 4,248.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was down 0.48% or 3.00 points to 616.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2829 to 806 and 232 ended unchanged.
Shares in Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) rose to 5-year highs; up 11.03% or 401.00 to 4,037.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $72.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 6.50 to trade at $2,042.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 147.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 158.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.93.