Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Retail and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyu Fudosan (TYO:3289), which rose 6.92% or 47.00 points to trade at 726.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 5.98% or 77.50 points to end at 1,374.50 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) was up 5.88% or 425.00 points to 7,659.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:4151), which lost 12.99% or 391.00 points to trade at 2,619.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) declined 11.74% or 594.00 points to end at 4,466.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) shed 7.83% or 300.00 points to 3,530.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1958 to 1593 and 271 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.03% to 16.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.58% or 0.42 to $72.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.43 to hit $76.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 5.05 to trade at $2,032.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 134.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 147.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.63.