Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Transport and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 7.87% or 255.0 points to trade at 3495.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 6.64% or 33.0 points to end at 530.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 5.99% or 64.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 3.50% or 25.0 points to trade at 690.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 1.97% or 58.0 points to end at 2879.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) shed 1.91% or 24.5 points to 1257.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2502 to 805 and 194 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.24% to 19.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $55.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.54 to trade at $1277.16 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 113.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 133.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.84.