Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Rubber, Machinery and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which rose 6.20% or 250.0 points to trade at 4280.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 3.04% or 475.0 points to end at 16100.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was up 2.75% or 10.6 points to 396.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 4.23% or 10.7 points to trade at 242.2 in late trade. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) declined 2.66% or 15.1 points to end at 553.3 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) shed 2.48% or 21.0 points to 826.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1673 to 1471 and 314 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.06% to 13.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.70% or 0.32 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.75% or 0.36 to hit $47.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.46 to trade at $1221.56 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 113.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 128.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.47.