Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Services and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304), which rose 5.74% or 159.00 points to trade at 2,931.00 at the close. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7272) added 5.16% or 184.00 points to end at 3,752.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 5.11% or 206.00 points to 4,240.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976), which lost 6.26% or 248.00 points to trade at 3,715.00 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) declined 2.97% or 15.00 points to end at 490.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) shed 2.08% or 26.00 points to 1,225.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3360 to 397 and 108 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 12.12% to 22.76 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.31% or 0.26 to $83.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.17% or 0.15 to hit $85.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.15 to trade at $1,835.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 148.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 156.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 106.51.