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 added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183), which rose 5.14% or 190.0 points to trade at 3885.0 at the close. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) added 4.39% or 82.0 points to end at 1950.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) was up 4.22% or 91.0 points to 2248.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which lost 7.96% or 330.0 points to trade at 3815.0 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 4.13% or 3670.0 points to end at 85100.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 2.86% or 63.0 points to 2139.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2263 to 1228 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.32% or 0.22 to $69.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $71.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 10.65 to trade at $1899.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 109.77, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 133.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 90.065.