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 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 4.51% or 112.0 points to trade at 2594.0 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) added 4.23% or 270.0 points to end at 6650.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 4.18% or 148.0 points to 3692.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703), which lost 2.63% or 5.0 points to trade at 185.0 in late trade. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) declined 2.10% or 20.0 points to end at 934.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 1.90% or 17.0 points to 876.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1977 to 1581 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 33.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.81% or 0.38 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.88% or 0.45 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.55 to trade at $1640.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 119.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.297.