Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Insurance and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.70% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 6.58% or 16.0 points to trade at 259.0 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) added 6.30% or 270.0 points to end at 4559.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 6.25% or 11.0 points to 187.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 19.42% or 140.5 points to trade at 583.0 in late trade. Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) declined 9.38% or 51.0 points to end at 493.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) shed 4.79% or 64.0 points to 1272.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1793 to 158 and 50 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.10% to 30.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.52% or 0.23 to $44.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.25 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.55% or 6.90 to trade at $1261.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 109.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 123.88.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.46.