Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 5.06% or 276.00 points to trade at 5,742.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) added 4.82% or 37.20 points to end at 808.80 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) was up 3.68% or 14.00 points to 393.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901), which lost 3.13% or 108.00 points to trade at 3,347.00 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) declined 3.00% or 56.00 points to end at 1,810.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) shed 1.91% or 15.30 points to 781.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2842 to 819 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.20% to 22.09 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.15% or 0.12 to $82.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.22% or 0.19 to hit $87.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.05 to trade at $2,393.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 154.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 164.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 105.59.