© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.61%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 9.64% or 53.00 points to trade at 603.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) added 3.89% or 23.00 points to end at 614.00 and JGC Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.49% or 65.00 points to 1,930.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.81% or 190.00 points to trade at 6,580.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:) declined 2.28% or 15.00 points to end at 642.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was down 1.43% or 130.00 points to 8,990.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2443 to 1113 and 249 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.64% or 53.00 to 603.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.62% to 18.20 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.46 to $80.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.74% or 0.65 to hit $88.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.50 to trade at $1,745.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 141.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 145.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 107.47.
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