Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.37% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Tokyo, it was up 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were M3 Inc (TYO: ), which rose 5.30% or 71.50 points to trade at 1,420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.77% or 150.00 points to end at 3,294.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO: ) was up 4.44% or 62.00 points to 1,459.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Keio Corp. (TYO: ), which decreased 3.59% or 129.00 points to trade at 3,465.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 3.26% or 71.50 points to 2,125.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO: ) declined 2.86% or 17.00 points to 577.00 .

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2351 to 1220, with 268 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 7.82% to 28.82.

Crude oil for November delivery fell 0.70%, or 0.49, to $69.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery fell 0.71%, or 0.52, to $73.18 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.13 % or 3.35 to $2,595.75 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.58% to 141.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.55% to 157.40.

US dollar index futures were down 0.02% at 100.54.