Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.14% By Investing.com

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 added 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which rose 4.10% or 122.00 points to trade at 3,095.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nichirei Corp. (TYO:) added 4.04% or 105.00 points to end at 2,706.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.23% or 210.00 points to 6,720.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:), which fell 4.08% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,480.00 at the close. Olympus Corp. (TYO:) declined 4.06% or 114.50 points to end at 2,704.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:) was down 3.62% or 88.00 points to 2,346.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1823 to 1672 and 304 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.03% to 18.87 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.56 to $86.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.47% or 0.44 to hit $93.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1,777.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 145.03.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.29.