Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Warehousing, Finance & Investment and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 10.00% or 359.00 points to trade at 3,949.00 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (TYO:2801) added 8.05% or 707.00 points to end at 9,490.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 7.70% or 573.00 points to 8,014.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951), which lost 8.58% or 350.00 points to trade at 3,730.00 in late trade. Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503) declined 4.78% or 93.00 points to end at 1,851.00 and Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) shed 4.23% or 304.00 points to 6,891.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2192 to 1441 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.95% to 20.94.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.19% or 0.96 to $81.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.13% or 0.96 to hit $85.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 5.85 to trade at $1,993.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 159.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 106.18.