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 2.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 6.35% or 80.0 points to trade at 1339.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.50% or 150.0 points to end at 2877.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 4.72% or 63.0 points to 1397.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teijin Ltd. (T:3401), which lost 0.95% or 17.0 points to trade at 1779.0 in late trade. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) declined 0.93% or 12.0 points to end at 1282.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) shed 0.61% or 14.0 points to 2292.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2827 to 706 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.70% or 0.43 to $60.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.63% or 0.41 to hit $64.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.30 to trade at $1791.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 107.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 129.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 91.025.