Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which rose 9.93% or 145.00 points to trade at 1,605.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 8.91% or 53.00 points to end at 648.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) was up 5.58% or 306.00 points to 5,786.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which lost 1.73% or 25.00 points to trade at 1,423.00 in late trade. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) declined 1.59% or 335.00 points to end at 20,715.00 and Japan Exchange Group Inc (TYO:8697) shed 1.44% or 27.50 points to 1,877.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2540 to 1052 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.33% to 24.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.53% or 1.07 to $71.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.37% or 1.01 to hit $74.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.35 to trade at $2,675.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 146.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 161.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 101.64.