Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Finance & Investment and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6767), which rose 14.19% or 65.0 points to trade at 523.0 at the close. Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) added 13.62% or 100.0 points to end at 834.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) was up 6.13% or 79.0 points to 1367.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 3.77% or 14.0 points to trade at 357.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 3.49% or 18.0 points to end at 498.0 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) shed 2.41% or 73.0 points to 2957.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1205 to 721 and 131 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.22% to 30.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.50% or 0.23 to $45.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.28 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.35 to trade at $1316.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 107.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.54% to 118.32.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.02.