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 gained 0.93% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Z Holdings Corp (T:4689), which rose 7.20% or 52.8 points to trade at 786.0 at the close. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) added 5.41% or 53.0 points to end at 1032.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was up 5.33% or 45.0 points to 890.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 14.59% or 83.0 points to trade at 486.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 8.64% or 490.0 points to end at 5180.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) shed 8.57% or 48.0 points to 512.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2349 to 1199 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.45% or 0.36 to $80.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $81.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 10.15 to trade at $1774.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 114.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 132.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.127.