Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Warehousing, Precision Instruments and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 3.74% or 18.0 points to trade at 499.0 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) added 3.42% or 35.0 points to end at 1059.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 3.09% or 220.0 points to 7345.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which lost 2.52% or 47.0 points to trade at 1815.0 in late trade. NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) declined 1.93% or 82.0 points to end at 4168.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) shed 1.48% or 5.0 points to 332.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2102 to 1060 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.57% to 17.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.25 to trade at $1343.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 108.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 130.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.97.