Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Rubber and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 3.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 10.40% or 188.00 points to trade at 1,995.00 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) added 10.03% or 205.00 points to end at 2,249.00 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 9.74% or 1,575.00 points to 17,750.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 1.07% or 40.00 points to trade at 3,715.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 0.60% or 2.00 points to end at 330.00 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 0.26% or 14.00 points to 5,419.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3444 to 236 and 93 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.40% to 29.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.86% or 2.02 to $110.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.93% or 3.26 to hit $114.40 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.50 to trade at $1,985.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 115.99, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 128.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.05.