Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.03% 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 gained 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.26% or 265.00 points to trade at 4,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.82% or 850.00 points to end at 18,500.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:) was up 4.60% or 915.00 points to 20,825.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.34% or 39.00 points to trade at 1,130.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.98% or 41.00 points to end at 1,335.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.63% or 25.00 points to 927.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2682 to 861 and 261 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.38% to 18.28.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.61% or 0.46 to $74.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.39 to hit $79.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 10.65 to trade at $1,887.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 132.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 142.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.89.