Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.29% or 210.0 points to trade at 5100.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.77% or 49.0 points to end at 1349.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 3.33% or 42.0 points to 1302.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which lost 2.82% or 133.0 points to trade at 4590.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.56% or 8.0 points to end at 305.0 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) shed 2.46% or 14.0 points to 555.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2508 to 1007 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.38% or 0.23 to $60.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $67.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 10.75 to trade at $1423.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 108.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 121.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.547.