Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 6.14% or 185.00 points to trade at 3,200.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) added 5.08% or 12.00 points to end at 248.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was up 4.60% or 183.00 points to 4,163.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707), which lost 2.77% or 70.00 points to trade at 2,459.00 in late trade. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) declined 2.56% or 68.00 points to end at 2,587.00 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) shed 2.45% or 73.00 points to 2,911.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2342 to 1132 and 327 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.45% to 19.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.36% or 0.34 to $95.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.56 to hit $101.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 14.65 to trade at $1,776.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 136.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 136.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 108.14.