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 added 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 17.09% or 347.0 points to trade at 2377.0 at the close. Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911) added 8.11% or 145.0 points to end at 1932.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 6.93% or 189.0 points to 2917.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which lost 3.94% or 194.0 points to trade at 4725.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 3.83% or 291.0 points to end at 7298.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) shed 2.76% or 78.0 points to 2753.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2068 to 1444 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.23% or 0.19 to $81.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 7.55 to trade at $1855.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 114.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 130.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.938.