Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 1.04% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:), which rose 8.83% or 120.0 points to trade at 1479.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Showa Denko K.K. (T:) added 5.99% or 138.0 points to end at 2441.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:) was up 5.45% or 450.0 points to 8710.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:), which fell 6.73% or 300.0 points to trade at 4155.0 at the close. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 3.78% or 82.0 points to end at 2089.0 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:) was down 3.74% or 39.5 points to 1017.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1992 to 1524 and 222 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.83% or 120.0 to 1479.0. Shares in Advantest Corp. (T:) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.45% or 450.0 to 8710.0.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.48.
for February delivery was up 0.71% or 0.38 to $53.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, for delivery in March rose 0.71% or 0.40 to hit $56.98 a barrel, while the February contract rose 0.92% or 17.00 to trade at $1861.20 a troy ounce.
was down 0.12% to 103.62, while rose 0.01% to 126.64.
The Futures was down 0.18% at 89.903.
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