Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 12.69% or 425.0 points to trade at 3775.0 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) added 8.43% or 650.0 points to end at 8360.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 7.59% or 210.0 points to 2976.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which lost 4.12% or 4.0 points to trade at 93.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 2.37% or 140.0 points to end at 5760.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) shed 2.24% or 13.0 points to 568.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2773 to 745 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.39% to 24.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.79% or 0.49 to $62.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.79% or 0.57 to hit $72.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1224.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 113.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 130.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.94.