Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Finance & Investment and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 12.12% or 508.0 points to trade at 4698.0 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) added 8.04% or 116.0 points to end at 1559.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) was up 5.69% or 88.0 points to 1635.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which lost 12.83% or 103.2 points to trade at 700.9 in late trade. Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) declined 5.66% or 104.0 points to end at 1735.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) shed 3.61% or 68.5 points to 1830.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2809 to 639 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.81% to 17.97 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $64.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.60 to trade at $1342.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 109.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 135.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.09.