Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Retail and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO:6952), which rose 4.60% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,227.00 at the close. Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) added 3.86% or 152.00 points to end at 4,091.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) was up 3.42% or 80.00 points to 2,422.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which lost 5.42% or 373.00 points to trade at 6,512.00 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 3.60% or 177.00 points to end at 4,744.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) shed 2.79% or 66.00 points to 2,300.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1966 to 1627 and 278 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 22.01% to 22.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $68.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.71 to trade at $2,671.49 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.50% to 149.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 157.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.16.