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 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 6.82% or 85.0 points to trade at 1331.0 at the close. Omron Cor (T:6645) added 4.15% or 260.0 points to end at 6530.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) was up 4.01% or 99.0 points to 2568.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marubeni Corp. (T:8002), which lost 7.73% or 39.0 points to trade at 465.7 in late trade. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) declined 6.74% or 153.0 points to end at 2117.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) shed 5.57% or 41.0 points to 695.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2156 to 1477 and 157 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 40.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.19 to $23.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.24% or 0.37 to hit $29.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.05 to trade at $1691.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 106.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 114.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.093.