Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Shipbuilding and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 6.80% or 8.5 points to trade at 133.5 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 6.17% or 5.0 points to end at 86.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 5.60% or 75.0 points to 1414.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which lost 4.18% or 68.0 points to trade at 1560.0 in late trade. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) declined 2.25% or 21.0 points to end at 912.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 2.00% or 63.0 points to 3093.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1307 to 568 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.67% to 34.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1270.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 104.37, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 118.36.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 93.56.