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 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 8.72% or 188.0 points to trade at 2344.0 at the close. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) added 7.13% or 255.0 points to end at 3830.0 and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) was up 4.55% or 270.0 points to 6210.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 12.30% or 495.0 points to trade at 3530.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 8.76% or 475.0 points to end at 4945.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) shed 5.01% or 214.5 points to 4069.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1783 to 1745 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.54% or 0.30 to $55.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.34 to hit $60.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1501.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 121.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 97.135.