Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Steel, Shipbuilding and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 19.30% or 33.0 points to trade at 204.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 15.81% or 78.5 points to end at 575.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 12.44% or 226.0 points to 2043.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412), which lost 11.76% or 72.0 points to trade at 540.0 in late trade. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) declined 11.70% or 227.0 points to end at 1714.0 and Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272) shed 11.54% or 135.0 points to 1035.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 949 to 926 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.90% to 25.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.11% or 0.05 to $46.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1272.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.49% to 108.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.36% to 124.34.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 93.95.