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 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 7.33% or 670.0 points to trade at 9810.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 5.81% or 540.0 points to end at 9840.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 5.76% or 34.2 points to 627.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 7.36% or 162.0 points to trade at 2038.0 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 3.67% or 29.0 points to end at 762.0 and Canon Inc (T:7751) shed 3.60% or 93.5 points to 2501.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2162 to 1340 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.25 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.93% or 0.67 to $73.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.57 to hit $74.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 19.25 to trade at $1818.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 109.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 130.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.082.