Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Power and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 13.56% or 920.00 points to trade at 7,704.00 at the close. Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951) added 6.24% or 305.00 points to end at 5,190.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 6.09% or 37.00 points to 645.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101), which lost 15.82% or 470.00 points to trade at 2,500.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 13.02% or 397.00 points to end at 2,653.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 6.74% or 150.00 points to 2,077.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2337 to 1238 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.56% to 26.33 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.80% or 1.48 to $80.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.71% or 1.51 to hit $86.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.19% or 19.85 to trade at $1,650.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 144.65, while EUR/JPY fell 0.55% to 139.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.95% at 113.58.