Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (TYO:4631), which rose 6.51% or 181.00 points to trade at 2,960.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) added 4.37% or 58.50 points to end at 1,398.50 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) was up 3.74% or 141.00 points to 3,911.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which fell 5.35% or 164.00 points to trade at 2,901.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) declined 3.78% or 129.00 points to end at 3,283.00 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504) was down 2.93% or 195.00 points to 6,458.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1901 to 1683 and 270 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.07% to 24.15.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.57% or 0.35 to $61.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $63.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 5.66 to trade at $3,333.96 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 144.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 163.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.64.
Sumber: Investing.com
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