Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Real Estate and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 4.75% or 443.00 points to trade at 9,775.00 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) added 4.49% or 47.00 points to end at 1,094.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 4.38% or 400.00 points to 9,530.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831), which lost 4.18% or 42.00 points to trade at 963.00 in late trade. Sompo Holdings Inc (TYO:8630) declined 3.81% or 231.00 points to end at 5,828.00 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) shed 3.58% or 133.00 points to 3,583.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2098 to 1443 and 273 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.18% to 18.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.51% or 0.41 to $80.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.45 to hit $86.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.88% or 33.15 to trade at $1,793.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.35% to 136.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.97% to 142.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 105.46.