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 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 22.81% or 400.0 points to trade at 2154.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 4.84% or 413.0 points to end at 8948.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 4.52% or 272.0 points to 6291.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which lost 4.85% or 123.0 points to trade at 2410.5 in late trade. Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272) declined 4.15% or 45.0 points to end at 1039.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 3.94% or 17.0 points to 415.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2461 to 1028 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.42% or 0.17 to $40.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.16 to hit $43.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.05 to trade at $1819.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 121.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.390.