Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Warehousing and Fishery 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 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 5.27% or 130.0 points to trade at 2599.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) added 3.43% or 72.0 points to end at 2172.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 3.40% or 12.0 points to 364.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 3.76% or 114.0 points to trade at 2921.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 2.41% or 2.0 points to end at 81.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 1.04% or 60.0 points to 5730.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2003 to 1195 and 269 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.15% to 14.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.37% or 0.17 to $46.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.86 to trade at $1312.24 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 110.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 131.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.91.