Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Rubber and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which rose 6.30% or 161.50 points to trade at 2,723.00 at the close.
Meanwhile, Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) added 5.91% or 52.90 points to end at 947.30 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 5.40% or 125.00 points to 2,440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which fell 5.35% or 810.00 points to trade at 14,340.00 at the close. Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) declined 4.65% or 135.00 points to end at 2,769.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was down 4.65% or 368.00 points to 7,553.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2508 to 1062 and 270 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.79% to 28.16 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $66.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 4.39 to trade at $2,916.51 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.44% to 148.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 161.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 103.67.
Source: Investing.com
The Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% to close at 39,901, while the broader Topix climbed 0.7% to 2,840 on Thursday, snapping early losses and rebounding from a slight dip in the previous session. The benchmark i...
The Nikkei 225 Index dropped 0.5% to around 39,439, while the broader Topix Index fell 0.1% to 2,816 during Thursday morning trading, as traders remained cautious after US President Trump signaled his...
The Nikkei 225 edged down 0.04% to close at 39,663, while the broader Topix fell 0.21% to 2,819 on Wednesday, as investor caution grew ahead of Japan's upcoming Upper House election. Markets remain o...
The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.1% to around 39,716 while broader Topix Index fell 0.4% to 2,815 on Wednesday, with Japanese shares showing mixed performance as investors reacted to the latest trade devel...
Japanese shares closed higher on Tuesday as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba prepared to meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on Friday ahead of the Aug. 1 trade deal deadline. The Nikkei 2...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday responded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters campus, saying the project was large...
Gold price dropped by over 0.26% during the North American session on Thursday, trimming some of its earlier losses of nearly 1%. The release of solid economic data from the United States, which supports the Federal Reserve's (Fed) stance to hold...
EUR/USD tumbles during the North American session, down 0.38% following the release of economic data from the United States (US), which triggered a reaction by investors, who trimmed their bets that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will cut interest...
U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in five months in June amid higher costs for some goods, suggesting tariffs were starting to have an...
European stocks erased early gains and closed mostly lower on Tuesday as markets continued to assess how potential tariffs from the US may hurt...
Asia-Pacific markets are set to open higher on Tuesday as investors appear to look past U.S. President Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs and...
President Donald Trump's renewed calls for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's resignation have prompted investors to protect portfolios against...