Japanese Stocks Rise At Close; Nikkei 225 Up 1.16%
Japanese stocks rose after the close on Tuesday (6/24), as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors helped stocks advance.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.16%.
The best performers on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which rose 13.30% or 2,155.00 points to trade at 18,355.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) rose 6.34% or 416.00 points to close at 6,975.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) gained 5.72% or 384.00 points to 7,097.00 at the close.
The worst performers on the session were Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605), which fell 6.79% or 146.00 points to close at 2,003.00. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) dropped 5.65% or 97.00 points to close at 1,619.00 and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) dropped 3.17% or 88.00 points to 2,691.00.
Gainers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,426 to 1,148, with 265 ending unchanged.
Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 3.91% to 26.60.
Crude oil for August delivery fell 3.93% or 2.69 to settle at $65.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery fell 3.83% or 2.70 to settle at $67.82 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.67% or 56.83 to trade at $3,338.17 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY fell 0.73% to 145.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 168.40.
The U.S. Dollar Index Futures fell 0.36% to 97.66.(alg)
Source: Investing.com
