Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Retail and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4272), which rose 5.47% or 75.0 points to trade at 1445.0 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (TOKYO:9021) added 5.32% or 393.0 points to end at 7782.0 and Central Japan Railway Co. (TOKYO:9022) was up 5.21% or 1075.0 points to 21720.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103), which lost 1.67% or 1.0 points to trade at 59.0 in late trade. Toray Industries, Inc. (TOKYO:3402) declined 1.37% or 13.5 points to end at 969.7 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4568) shed 1.19% or 27.5 points to 2292.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1551 to 330 and 2 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.56% to 17.37 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.37% or 0.23 to $61.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1185.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.46% to 123.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 139.32.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.80.