Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Non-Metal Minerals and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502), which rose 7.05% or 262.0 points to trade at 3980.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 6.71% or 21.0 points to end at 334.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 5.01% or 53.0 points to 1110.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 5.59% or 82.0 points to trade at 1384.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 4.48% or 175.0 points to end at 3730.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 4.39% or 45.0 points to 980.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2481 to 1039 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.74% to 21.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $51.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1249.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 113.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 129.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.933.