Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Banking and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 4.98% or 165.0 points to trade at 3480.0 at the close. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 3.60% or 135.0 points to end at 3890.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was up 3.02% or 88.0 points to 3005.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which lost 2.78% or 95.0 points to trade at 3320.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 2.48% or 95.0 points to end at 3735.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 2.40% or 110.0 points to 4470.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1933 to 1442 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.43% to 14.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $69.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.40% or 0.31 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1208.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 111.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 130.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.62.