Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Communication, Pharmaceutical Industry and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 4.40% or 104.00 points to trade at 2,469.00 at the close. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) added 4.34% or 140.00 points to end at 3,367.00 and Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:9301) was up 4.21% or 219.00 points to 5,417.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770), which lost 5.62% or 87.00 points to trade at 1,462.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 4.87% or 17.00 points to end at 332.00 and Sharp Corp (TYO:6753) shed 3.10% or 30.00 points to 937.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2236 to 1364 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.62% to 17.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.47% or 0.35 to $74.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.36% or 0.28 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 8.05 to trade at $2,383.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 156.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 169.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.21.