Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 5.10% or 430.00 points to trade at 8,865.00 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) added 5.04% or 123.50 points to end at 2,573.50 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9502) was up 4.54% or 70.50 points to 1,624.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436), which lost 2.56% or 31.00 points to trade at 1,180.00 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) declined 2.16% or 7.90 points to end at 357.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) shed 1.93% or 42.50 points to 2,158.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2010 to 1557 and 311 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.50% to 21.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.13% or 0.09 to $70.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $73.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 5.04 to trade at $2,751.66 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 152.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 160.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 106.16.