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 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 12.70% or 880.0 points to trade at 7810.0 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) added 9.93% or 670.0 points to end at 7420.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 8.38% or 105.0 points to 1358.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which lost 11.46% or 139.0 points to trade at 1074.0 in late trade. Taisei Corp. (T:1801) declined 5.71% or 215.0 points to end at 3550.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) shed 3.37% or 11.0 points to 315.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2186 to 1272 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $70.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1814.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 109.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 129.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.222.