Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Mining and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 6.77% or 298.00 points to trade at 4,701.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 5.17% or 196.00 points to end at 3,986.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 4.50% or 560.00 points to 13,010.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which lost 2.53% or 54.50 points to trade at 2,100.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 2.29% or 16.60 points to end at 707.70 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) shed 2.29% or 11.50 points to 490.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2217 to 1348 and 272 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.16% to 21.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $75.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.17% or 0.14 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 2.35 to trade at $1,964.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 138.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 154.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.16.