Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Rubber and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TOKYO:7205), which rose 6.85% or 102.0 points to trade at 1591.0 at the close. Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501) added 6.52% or 48.0 points to end at 784.6 and Sumitomo Corp. (TOKYO:8053) was up 6.46% or 86.0 points to 1418.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panasonic Corp. (TOKYO:6752), which lost 5.79% or 89.0 points to trade at 1447.5 in late trade. Nichirei Corp. (TOKYO:2871) declined 5.72% or 54.0 points to end at 890.0 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (TOKYO:6503) shed 5.66% or 82.5 points to 1374.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1178 to 699 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.84% to 18.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $48.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.99% or 10.80 to trade at $1082.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 124.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 136.05.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 97.47.