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 0.91% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 4.89% or 105.0 points to trade at 2253.5 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 4.40% or 27.4 points to end at 649.5 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 4.15% or 185.0 points to 4645.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 3.65% or 16.0 points to trade at 422.0 in late trade. Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) declined 3.10% or 30.0 points to end at 939.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 2.98% or 37.0 points to 1204.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2103 to 1395 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $45.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 6.55 to trade at $1812.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 104.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 124.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.877.