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 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which rose 9.02% or 31.0 points to trade at 374.6 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) added 7.79% or 660.0 points to end at 9130.0 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) was up 7.40% or 269.0 points to 3904.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 10.69% or 204.0 points to trade at 1705.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 7.95% or 490.0 points to end at 5670.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 7.95% or 170.5 points to 1973.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1850 to 1585 and 279 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.14% or 0.67 to $57.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.94% or 0.61 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.30% or 18.75 to trade at $1419.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 109.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 120.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 98.602.