Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Insurance and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which rose 6.87% or 18.00 points to trade at 280.00 at the close. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) added 4.75% or 140.50 points to end at 3,096.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 4.63% or 29.00 points to 656.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which lost 1.62% or 7.00 points to trade at 426.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 1.62% or 43.00 points to end at 2,605.00 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) shed 0.93% or 26.50 points to 2,824.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2830 to 713 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.98% to 20.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.03% or 0.84 to $82.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.92% or 0.81 to hit $88.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.80 to trade at $1,728.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 143.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 143.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 109.79.