Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.33%

© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.33%

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 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the were SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.18% or 302.00 points to trade at 5,190.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.79% or 46.00 points to end at 1,260.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.34% or 46.00 points to 1,422.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 1.75% or 11.00 points to trade at 616.00 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) declined 0.91% or 30.00 points to end at 3,263.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 0.56% or 270.00 points to 48,320.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2939 to 689 and 192 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.37% to 19.01.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.00% or 0.73 to $73.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.52 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 10.75 to trade at $1,979.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.88% to 132.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.75% to 142.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.32.