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 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which rose 7.95% or 50.0 points to trade at 679.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 5.18% or 2370.0 points to end at 48120.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 4.33% or 380.0 points to 9150.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which lost 4.93% or 330.0 points to trade at 6370.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.74% or 240.0 points to end at 4820.0 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) shed 4.28% or 63.0 points to 1409.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1775 to 1705 and 259 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.76% or 0.61 to $81.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.84% or 0.70 to hit $83.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.55 to trade at $1792.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 113.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 131.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.922.