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 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 6.01% or 430.0 points to trade at 7590.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 5.76% or 159.0 points to end at 2921.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 5.23% or 450.0 points to 9050.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009), which lost 2.80% or 110.0 points to trade at 3815.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 1.73% or 180.0 points to end at 10220.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) shed 1.60% or 130.0 points to 8000.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2400 to 1148 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.58 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.84% or 0.54 to $64.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.91% or 0.62 to hit $67.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 12.75 to trade at $1739.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 109.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 130.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 91.520.