Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Rubber and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801), which rose 4.41% or 113.5 points to trade at 2689.5 at the close. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) added 3.94% or 220.0 points to end at 5800.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 3.86% or 220.0 points to 5920.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which lost 1.98% or 88.0 points to trade at 4359.0 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 1.89% or 100.0 points to end at 5200.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 1.73% or 17.0 points to 963.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2069 to 1280 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.18% to 22.25.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.30% or 0.19 to $63.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.37% or 0.25 to hit $68.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.40 to trade at $1329.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 107.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 131.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.95.