Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.23%
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 added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.14% or 185.00 points to trade at 4,655.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.11% or 170.00 points to end at 4,305.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) was up 3.93% or 37.00 points to 979.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:), which fell 3.41% or 34.00 points to trade at 964.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:) declined 2.56% or 15.00 points to end at 571.00 and Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:) was down 2.37% or 26.00 points to 1,071.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2378 to 1110 and 298 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.40% to 19.77.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.94% or 0.75 to $79.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $84.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 11.20 to trade at $1,910.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 128.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 139.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.21.
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