Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.47% or 124.00 points to trade at 5,152.00 at the close. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:) added 2.28% or 79.00 points to end at 3,549.00 and Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.24% or 6.00 points to 274.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 3.27% or 83.00 points to trade at 2,453.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.48% or 90.00 points to end at 3,535.00 and Dentsu Inc. (TYO:) shed 2.31% or 100.00 points to 4,235.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1798 to 1674 and 303 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.06% to 20.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.25% or 0.22 to $88.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.13 to hit $94.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 13.05 to trade at $1,696.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 143.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 143.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 109.45.