Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Electrical/Machinery and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 9.66% or 42.00 points to trade at 477.00 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) added 6.77% or 192.00 points to end at 3,030.00 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507) was up 5.52% or 365.00 points to 6,976.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 2.72% or 147.00 points to trade at 5,250.00 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 2.04% or 50.00 points to end at 2,406.00 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) shed 1.08% or 5.00 points to 459.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2422 to 1128 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.79% to 20.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.05% or 1.09 to $103.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.86% or 0.94 to hit $107.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 10.40 to trade at $1,974.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.39% to 125.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 136.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 99.66.