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 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 3.58% or 68.0 points to trade at 1966.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.67% or 240.0 points to end at 9220.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 2.67% or 240.0 points to 9240.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724), which lost 3.58% or 76.0 points to trade at 2049.0 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) declined 2.73% or 194.0 points to end at 6912.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) shed 2.73% or 16.0 points to 571.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2231 to 1262 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.85% or 0.58 to $67.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.49 to hit $70.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.85 to trade at $1787.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 110.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 129.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.907.