Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Power and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252), which rose 7.38% or 144.0 points to trade at 2095.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 4.54% or 14.0 points to end at 322.5 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 4.19% or 70.0 points to 1742.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 5.26% or 58.5 points to trade at 1053.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 5.13% or 182.5 points to end at 3375.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) shed 4.44% or 29.3 points to 630.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1894 to 1446 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.61% to 21.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1325.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 106.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 131.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.72.