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Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.41% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Japan stocks up at the close of trade, Nikkei225 up 0.4%

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

Tokyo closed with an additional 0.4%

They were the top performers at the session Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:) traded at 24185.0, up 4.47%. That’s 1035.0 points. Meanwhile, Fanuc Corp. (T:), an additional 4.45% or 90.0 points for a total of 23235.0 Oji Holdings Corp. T: was at 548.0, up 4.38% (or 23.0 points) in late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers CyberAgent Inc T:, which dropped 3.87% (81.0 points) to trade at 2012.0. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. T: dropped 3.28%, or 12.0 points, to finish at 354.0 Otsuka Holdings Ltd T: was down by 2.29%, or 95.0 points, to 4051.0.

In 2059, declining stocks were outnumbered by rising ones at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. However, 1543 was up and 178 was down.

The was unchanged from 0% to 27,33, a new 6-month high.

Crude oil was 1.58 percent higher at $67.76 per barrel for January delivery, or 2.39%. Brent oil rose 1.89 or 2.73% to $71.12 per barrel in commodity trading. The February Gold Futures contract saw a rise of 0.55%, or 9.70, to $1786.20 an ounce.

USD/JPY increased 0.30%, to 113.46. EUR/JPY increased 0.20%, to 128.49.

At 95.977, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.03%.

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