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 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 4.34% or 308.0 points to trade at 7400.0 at the close. Subaru Corp (T:7270) added 2.64% or 70.5 points to end at 2740.5 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 2.50% or 118.0 points to 4832.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 3.29% or 120.0 points to trade at 3525.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 3.09% or 87.0 points to end at 2732.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 3.08% or 120.0 points to 3770.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2173 to 1389 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.67% or 0.39 to $58.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.61% or 0.39 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.05 to trade at $1552.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 122.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.985.