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Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.89% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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Japan stocks rise at the close to trade. Nikkei 225, up 1.89%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

The Tokyo close saw the stock rise 1.89%

Softbank Group Corp. (“T:”) was the top performer for the session, rising 7.94% (40.0 points), to trade at 5508.8 at the close. Meanwhile, TOTO Ltd. (T:), 5.86% added or 310.0 point to finish at 5600.0 Showa Denko K.K. In late trade, the T: was up 5.40% (131.0 points) to 2559.0

These were the worst performers of the session. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. T:, which dropped 5.60% (or 33.0 points) to close at 556.0 Z Holdings Corp, (T:), fell 2.70%, or 20.0 points, to close at 722.0 Konami Corp. (T:), was down by 1.29%, or 80.0 points, to 6100.0.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining ones by 368 to 368, and 120 ended the same.

The implied volatility index of Nikkei’s 225 options was the. It has remained constant at 0% to 28.94.

Crude oil was 1.18 percent higher at $70.67/barrel for January delivery, an increase of 1.70%. Brent oil rose 1.11 percent to $74.19 per barrel in commodity trading. The February Gold Futures contract traded at $1784.35 an ounce.

USD/JPY increased by 0.2% to 113.68 and EUR/JPY climbed by 0.2% to 128.40

At 96.200, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.13%.

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