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 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which rose 6.81% or 135.0 points to trade at 2118.0 at the close. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) added 3.87% or 125.0 points to end at 3355.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 3.68% or 410.0 points to 11550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which lost 1.90% or 126.0 points to trade at 6496.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 1.82% or 24.0 points to end at 1297.0 and Haseko Corp (T:1808) shed 1.56% or 20.00 points to 1259.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2272 to 1106 and 259 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.49% or 0.26 to $52.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.26 to hit $58.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.75 to trade at $1514.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 107.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 118.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 98.523.