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 2.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which rose 8.63% or 187.0 points to trade at 2353.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 5.95% or 25.0 points to end at 445.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) was up 5.86% or 118.0 points to 2133.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 9.67% or 171.0 points to trade at 1598.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 9.32% or 40.0 points to end at 389.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) shed 4.24% or 330.0 points to 7460.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2852 to 752 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.91% or 0.97 to $51.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.41% or 0.78 to hit $56.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.25 to trade at $1561.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 120.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.135.