On Tuesday night, after the market closed, shares in Japan went up because of gains in the Transportation Equipment, Electrical/Machinery, and Precision Instruments sectors.
At the end of the day in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.02 percent.
Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which rose 3.77% or 216.00 points to trade at 5,949.00 at the end of the session, did the best on the Nikkei 225. Also, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) went up 3.58%, or 85 points, to end at 2,458.00, and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) went up 3.57%, or 291 points, to 8,433.00 in late trading.
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Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519), which fell 3.50% or 123.00 points to close at 3,396.00, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) fell 1.58%, or 120 points, to end at 7,490.00, and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO:8252) fell 1.36%, or 33 points, to 2,400.00.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, there were 2,499 stocks that went up, 984 that went down, and 329 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, which is measured by the Nikkei Volatility, went up by 4.03% to 25.03.
Crude oil for December delivery fell 0.52 percent, or $0.44 per barrel, to $84.14 per barrel.In other commodity trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45%, or $0.41, to $90.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17%, or $2.75, to $1,651.35 a troy ounce.
Related: At the end of the trading day, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.11 percent.
The USD/JPY fell 0.06 percent to 148.88, while the EUR/JPY fell 0.15 percent to 146.87.
The US Dollar Index futures were up 0.02 percent at 111.93.
