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 0.75% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912), which rose 9.31% or 230.0 points to trade at 2700.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 5.50% or 345.0 points to end at 6615.0 and Okuma Corp. (T:6103) was up 4.23% or 240.0 points to 5910.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 3.16% or 10.0 points to trade at 306.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 2.86% or 29.0 points to end at 985.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 2.29% or 61.0 points to 2601.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1964 to 1523 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.34% or 0.19 to $55.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 6.55 to trade at $1509.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 107.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 118.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.597.