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 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 12.71% or 244.0 points to trade at 2164.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 7.45% or 250.0 points to end at 3605.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 7.30% or 230.0 points to 3380.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 4.04% or 46.0 points to trade at 1094.0 in late trade. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) declined 4.03% or 64.0 points to end at 1524.0 and Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) shed 2.57% or 115.0 points to 4357.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2562 to 986 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.47% or 0.30 to $64.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $68.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 12.75 to trade at $1734.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 108.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.41% to 129.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 91.725.