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 gained 2.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (T:6103), which rose 12.88% or 470.0 points to trade at 4120.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 12.53% or 125.0 points to end at 1123.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 9.33% or 296.0 points to 3469.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437), which lost 4.46% or 147.0 points to trade at 3148.0 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 3.98% or 60.5 points to end at 1458.5 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) shed 3.69% or 50.0 points to 1305.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2573 to 1060 and 148 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.86 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 12.02% or 1.81 to $16.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 6.19% or 1.50 to hit $25.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.32% or 22.60 to trade at $1736.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 106.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 115.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 99.612.