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 rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750), which rose 9.52% or 181.0 points to trade at 2083.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 6.06% or 590.0 points to end at 10330.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was up 5.08% or 1330.0 points to 27515.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 5.50% or 75.0 points to trade at 1288.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 4.41% or 33.0 points to end at 715.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 4.09% or 25.2 points to 590.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2027 to 1526 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 21.04.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.15% or 0.68 to $59.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.07% or 0.67 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.55 to trade at $1719.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 110.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 129.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.200.