Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Mining and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253), which rose 11.75% or 337.00 points to trade at 3,206.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) added 9.11% or 644.00 points to end at 7,710.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) was up 6.55% or 256.00 points to 4,164.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002), which lost 8.54% or 174.50 points to trade at 1,868.50 in late trade. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) declined 8.34% or 92.00 points to end at 1,011.00 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) shed 6.27% or 21.10 points to 315.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2456 to 1218 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.30% to 18.23 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.41% or 0.32 to $78.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.30 to hit $83.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.65 to trade at $2,392.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 154.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.50% to 167.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.18.