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 gained 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 6.20% or 330.0 points to trade at 5650.0 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) added 5.84% or 725.0 points to end at 13135.0 and Itochu Corp. (T:8001) was up 5.46% or 189.0 points to 3648.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 6.51% or 460.0 points to trade at 6610.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 5.26% or 460.0 points to end at 8280.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 4.54% or 79.0 points to 1663.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2527 to 1021 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.87 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.20% or 0.17 to $85.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.36% or 0.32 to hit $88.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.45 to trade at $1840.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 114.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 130.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.470.