Investing.com – Japanese stocks were higher after Wednesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the price rose 2.16%.
The best artists of the session on the were IHI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 18.70% or 1,455.00 points to trade at 9,235.00 at the close. In the meantime, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) added 9.42% or 194.00 points to end at 2,254.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:) rose 7.94% or 405.00 points to 5,508.00 in late trading .
The worst performers of the session were Mercari Inc (TYO:), which fell 16.05% or 348.50 points to trade at 1,823.00 at the close. Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:) fell 5.84% or 88.50 points to end at 1,427.50 and Panasonic Corp (TYO:) fell 4.98% or 71.00 points to 1,355.00.
Between 2343 and 1270, rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with 242 ending unchanged.
The shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to its highest level in five years; profit from 18.70% or 1,455.00 to 9,235.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 1.09% to 26.03.
Crude oil for December fell 1.99%, or 1.43, to $70.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for January delivery fell 2.00%, or 1.51, to $74.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.15%, or 31.75, to $2,717. 95 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY rose 1.67% to 154.13, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 165.16.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 1.74% to 105.12.
