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 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 3.85% or 79.0 points to trade at 2133.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 3.84% or 48.0 points to end at 1298.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 3.79% or 49.5 points to 1356.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 5.45% or 109.0 points to trade at 1890.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 2.51% or 175.0 points to end at 6810.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) shed 2.42% or 34.5 points to 1393.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2195 to 1347 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.39% or 0.22 to $56.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $62.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.45 to trade at $1513.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 107.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 117.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 98.655.