Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 6.52% or 240.00 points to trade at 3,920.00 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 6.47% or 195.00 points to end at 3,210.00 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) was up 6.23% or 200.00 points to 3,410.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 4.03% or 185.00 points to trade at 4,405.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 2.52% or 37.00 points to end at 1,434.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) shed 1.58% or 60.00 points to 3,735.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2122 to 1418 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.93% to 27.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.48% or 4.95 to $115.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.82% or 5.44 to hit $118.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 7.55 to trade at $1,929.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 115.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 128.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.51.