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 rose 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 2.73% or 23.0 points to trade at 865.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 2.71% or 12.0 points to end at 454.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 2.65% or 80.0 points to 3095.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which lost 3.15% or 26.0 points to trade at 800.0 in late trade. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) declined 2.74% or 179.0 points to end at 6353.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) shed 2.67% or 74.0 points to 2692.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1921 to 1559 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.51% or 0.37 to $73.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $75.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 8.15 to trade at $1775.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 110.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 132.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.757.