Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.2% at close
2022.12.09 02:51
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.2% at close
Budrigannews.com – After Friday’s close, Japan’s stocks rose as gains in the and sectors led shares higher. The gained 1.20% at the Tokyo close.
Advantest Corp. (TYO:), had the session’s best results on the which closed at 9,880.00 at the close, up 5.78 percent, or 540.00 points. In the meantime, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. ended at 516.00, up 5.52 percent, or 27.00 points, and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 130.00 points, or 5.23 percent, to 2,616.00 in late trade.
Sekisui House, Ltd. (TYO:), the session’s worst performers, which traded at 2,421.00 at the close after losing 2.99%, or 74.50 points. The Inpex Corporation ended at 1,424.00, down 1.45%, or 21.00 points, and Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO:) was 4,662.00, down 1.21 percent, or 57.00 points.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, rising stocks ended the day 2566 to 976, with 268 remaining unchanged.
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. shares (TYO:) climbed to new 52-week highs; gaining 130.00, or 5.23 percent, to 2,616.0.
The was down 16.81 percent to 18.66, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options.
Crude oil was up 0.70 percent, or 0.50 percent, to $71.96 a barrel for January delivery. Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.67 percent, or 0.51 percent, to $76.66 a barrel, and the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27 percent, or 4.90 percent, to $1,806.40 an ounce.
EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 144.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.30 percent to 136.24.
At 104.56, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.19 percent.
