Tuesday night, after the market closed, shares in Japan went up because of gains in the Railway & Bus, Transport, and Retail sectors.
At the end of the day in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 0.25 percent.
On the Nikkei 225, East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020), which rose 4.23% or 305.00 points to trade at 7,520.00 at the end of the day, did the best. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) went up 3.93% or 174.00 points to end at 4,596.00, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) went up 3.60% or 290.00 points to 8,350.00 in late trading.
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Mazda Motor Corp. (TYO:7261), which fell 3.80% or 47.00 points to close at 1,189.00, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Subaru Corp. (TYO:7270) fell 2.73%, or 72.50 points, to end at 2,580.00, and Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) fell 2.51%, or 14.00 points, to 544.00.
By 1818 and 1612, more stocks went up on the Tokyo Stock Exchange than went down, and 339 stocks stayed the same.
The Nikkei Volatility, which shows how volatile the Nikkei 225 options are expected to be, went down by 1.74% to 19.15.
Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.75 percent, or $0.66, to $88.44 per barrel. Brent oil for delivery in November went up 0.73 percent, or $0.69, to $94.69 per barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract went down 0.28 percent, or $4.95, to $1,735.65 per troy ounce.
The USD/JPY fell by 0.40 percent to 142.26, and the EUR/JPY fell by 0.12 percent to 144.35.
At 107.79, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.29%.
