Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 5.30% or 29.0 points to trade at 576.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 5.19% or 61.0 points to end at 1236.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was up 4.49% or 10.3 points to 239.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 4.04% or 4.0 points to trade at 95.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 3.97% or 10.0 points to end at 242.0 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) shed 3.72% or 231.0 points to 5975.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 940 to 877 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.08% to 26.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.75% or 0.37 to $49.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.94% or 0.47 to hit $50.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.46% or 5.65 to trade at $1229.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.40% to 109.74, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 122.61.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 95.22.