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 0.68% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113), which rose 5.22% or 51.0 points to trade at 1028.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) added 4.33% or 89.0 points to end at 2144.5 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was up 3.24% or 775.0 points to 24710.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 8.33% or 290.0 points to trade at 3190.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 6.13% or 32.0 points to end at 490.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) shed 4.97% or 30.0 points to 574.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2177 to 1315 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.41% or 0.17 to $41.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $44.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.30 to trade at $1866.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 105.28, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 123.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.082.