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 rose 0.38% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 3.89% or 300.0 points to trade at 8020.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) added 3.38% or 78.0 points to end at 2388.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) was up 3.21% or 71.0 points to 2281.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 8.04% or 25.0 points to trade at 286.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 2.97% or 44.0 points to end at 1435.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) shed 2.94% or 56.0 points to 1851.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2632 to 874 and 233 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.22% or 0.13 to $58.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 13.75 to trade at $1502.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 108.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 119.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.042.