Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Railway & Bus and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.00% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 4.51% or 19.0 points to trade at 440.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 3.84% or 28.0 points to end at 757.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 3.00% or 42.0 points to 1442.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729), which lost 4.10% or 67.0 points to trade at 1569.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 3.65% or 9.0 points to end at 237.5 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) shed 3.29% or 40.0 points to 1175.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1728 to 1205 and 374 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.62% to 19.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.24% or 0.11 to $45.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1225.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 109.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 116.90.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 100.43.