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 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 3.65% or 180.0 points to trade at 5110.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.49% or 79.0 points to end at 2340.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 3.40% or 192.0 points to 5839.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 7.02% or 755.0 points to trade at 10000.0 in late trade. NH Foods Ltd (T:2282) declined 3.54% or 160.0 points to end at 4365.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 2.44% or 11.0 points to 440.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1751 to 1699 and 291 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.53% or 0.37 to $69.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.55% or 0.40 to hit $71.82 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 14.55 to trade at $1880.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 109.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 133.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 90.257.