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 rose 2.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 6.77% or 250.0 points to trade at 3945.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 6.10% or 440.0 points to end at 7650.0 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) was up 6.04% or 326.0 points to 5721.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which lost 2.70% or 32.0 points to trade at 1155.0 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 2.68% or 13.9 points to end at 503.9 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 1.44% or 25.0 points to 1712.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3266 to 405 and 121 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.25 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.13% or 0.08 to $59.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 14.25 to trade at $1545.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 109.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 121.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.010.