Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.32% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which rose 16.41% or 422.0 points to trade at 2993.0 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) added 8.76% or 60.0 points to end at 745.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 8.16% or 33.9 points to 449.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 4.70% or 73.0 points to trade at 1480.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 3.40% or 42.0 points to end at 1193.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 3.16% or 38.0 points to 1165.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2255 to 1413 and 133 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.35% or 1.10 to $31.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.39% or 0.83 to hit $33.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 7.50 to trade at $1718.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 107.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 118.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.983.