Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Precision Instruments and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 10.91% or 48.00 points to trade at 488.00 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9502) added 7.67% or 101.00 points to end at 1,417.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was up 4.37% or 204.00 points to 4,874.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which lost 5.75% or 78.00 points to trade at 1,279.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503) declined 5.75% or 85.50 points to end at 1,401.50 and JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473) shed 4.41% or 47.00 points to 1,018.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2162 to 1298 and 309 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.64% to 20.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.61% or 1.57 to $98.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.61% or 1.64 to hit $103.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 18.55 to trade at $1,737.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 135.74, while EUR/JPY fell 0.67% to 138.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.27.