Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.08% By Investing.com

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 rose 2.08% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the were Kyocera Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.09% or 122.50 points to trade at 2,132.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Olympus Corp. (TYO:) added 5.68% or 117.00 points to end at 2,176.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 5.22% or 215.00 points to 4,332.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:), which fell 6.54% or 51.00 points to trade at 729.00 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:) declined 1.94% or 410.00 points to end at 20,700.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:) was down 1.80% or 12.10 points to 659.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2069 to 1576 and 251 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kyocera Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 6.09% or 122.50 to 2,132.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.01% to 19.20.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.41 to $72.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.37 to hit $77.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.50 to trade at $2,031.50 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 144.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 158.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.28.