Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.48% 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 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which rose 2.83% or 18.00 points to trade at 655.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:) added 2.72% or 81.00 points to end at 3,055.00 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.51% or 380.00 points to 15,545.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.30% or 25.00 points to trade at 556.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.10% or 17.00 points to end at 531.00 and Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.39% or 7.00 points to 286.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1797 to 1710 and 264 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.48% to 24.52.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.21% or 0.18 to $86.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.11 to hit $91.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 3.85 to trade at $1,726.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 144.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 143.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 110.43.