Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.50% 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 2.50%.

The best performers of the session on the were Amada Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.72% or 71.00 points to trade at 1,127.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Terumo Corp. (TYO:) added 6.35% or 224.00 points to end at 3,754.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:) was up 6.11% or 350.00 points to 6,080.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:), which fell 1.67% or 50.00 points to trade at 2,953.00 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) declined 1.64% or 33.00 points to end at 1,976.00 and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (TYO:) was down 0.79% or 7.50 points to 943.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2871 to 713 and 225 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.14% to 19.15.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.97% or 0.78 to $81.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.77% or 0.66 to hit $86.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1,910.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 1.72% to 130.34, while EUR/JPY rose 1.93% to 140.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.16.