Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 3.65% or 184.00 points to trade at 5,220.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) added 3.18% or 222.00 points to end at 7,196.00 and Tokyu Corp. (TYO:9005) was up 3.02% or 54.00 points to 1,840.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 4.24% or 22.50 points to trade at 508.50 in late trade. Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8628) declined 3.03% or 25.00 points to end at 801.00 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) shed 2.61% or 98.00 points to 3,652.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2302 to 1303 and 255 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.44% to 17.74 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.18 to $81.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $85.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1,972.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 145.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.53% to 158.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 103.21.