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 0.96% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 8.33% or 490.0 points to trade at 6370.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.37% or 280.0 points to end at 5490.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 5.36% or 20.0 points to 393.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which lost 3.38% or 99.5 points to trade at 2840.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 2.88% or 7.0 points to end at 236.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 2.33% or 7.0 points to 293.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1990 to 1497 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.13.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.05% or 0.42 to $40.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.21% or 0.51 to hit $42.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 5.55 to trade at $1896.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 105.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 124.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.593.