Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Paper & Pulp and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 12.11% or 51.0 points to trade at 472.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 5.85% or 57.0 points to end at 1032.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 3.57% or 3.0 points to 87.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which lost 5.89% or 53.4 points to trade at 852.7 in late trade. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) declined 4.91% or 51.0 points to end at 987.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 4.91% or 14.0 points to 271.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1039 to 834 and 130 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.67% to 26.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.14% or 0.55 to $47.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.41% or 0.69 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.51% or 19.25 to trade at $1255.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 110.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 123.69.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.18.