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 gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 4.65% or 635.0 points to trade at 14280.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) added 4.05% or 89.0 points to end at 2285.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 3.99% or 320.0 points to 8350.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 6.80% or 28.0 points to trade at 384.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 6.03% or 128.0 points to end at 1993.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 5.83% or 13.0 points to 210.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2022 to 1498 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.44% or 0.69 to $48.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.35% or 0.69 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 16.45 to trade at $1875.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 103.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 126.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 89.873.