Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Banking and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 4.98% or 165.0 points to trade at 3480.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 3.60% or 135.0 points to end at 3890.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was up 3.02% or 88.0 points to 3005.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which fell 2.78% or 95.0 points to trade at 3320.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 2.48% or 95.0 points to end at 3735.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 2.40% or 110.0 points to 4470.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1933 to 1442 and 226 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.43% to 14.48.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $69.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.40% or 0.31 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1208.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 111.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 130.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.63.