Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.00% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which rose 5.25% or 185.0 points to trade at 3710.0 at the close. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) added 4.32% or 70.5 points to end at 1703.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 3.89% or 210.0 points to 5610.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which lost 3.90% or 135.0 points to trade at 3330.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 3.74% or 105.0 points to end at 2706.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 3.62% or 265.0 points to 7060.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1771 to 1628 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.24% to 16.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.55% or 0.39 to $71.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1206.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 112.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 131.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.96.