Wednesday 30 December 2015

Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.27%

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas&Water, Power and Food sectors led shares higher.At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.27%.The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 7.67% or 17.8 points to trade at 249.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) added 5.02% or 16.0 points to end at 335.0 and Sharp Corp. (T:6753) was up 4.17% or 5.0 points to 125.0 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which fell 4.22% or 63.0 points to trade at 1431.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 2.50% or 23.0 points to end at 898.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) was down 1.59% or 31.0 points to 1915.0.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1241 to 634.The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.51% to 19.47.Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.76% or 0.67 to $37.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.20 to hit $37.41 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.60 to trade at $1069.60 a troy ounce.USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 120.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 131.63.The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 98.24.

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