Japanese Stocks Rise At Close; Nikkei 225 Up 0.73%
Japanese stocks rose after the close on Wednesday (3/26), as gains in the Electric Power, Rubber and Chemicals, Petroleum & Plastics sectors boosted shares.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.73%.
The best performers on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), which rose 5.54% or 194.00 points to trade at 3,694.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO:7974) rose 5.25% or 565.00 points to close at 11,330.00 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:4902) gained 5.18% or 27.20 points to 551.80 in late trade.
The worst performers on the session were Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which fell 5.93% or 132.50 points to close at 2,103.50. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) dropped 3.70% or 56.00 points to close at 1,459.50 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) dropped 2.71% or 74.50 points to 2,679.50.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,411 to 1,178 and 286 ended unchanged.
Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 11.79% to 28.16, a fresh 3-month high.
Crude oil for May delivery rose 0.51% or 0.35 to settle at $69.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery rose 0.46% or 0.33 to settle at $72.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.65 to trade at $3,057.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY rose 0.38% to 150.46, while EUR/JPY gained 0.32% to settle at 162.26.(Newsmaker23)
Source: Investing.com
