Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Warehousing, Precision Instruments and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 3.74% or 18.0 points to trade at 499.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Okuma Corp. (T:6103) added 3.42% or 35.0 points to end at 1059.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 3.09% or 220.0 points to 7345.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which fell 2.52% or 47.0 points to trade at 1815.0 at the close. NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) declined 1.93% or 82.0 points to end at 4168.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was down 1.48% or 5.0 points to 332.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2102 to 1060 and 268 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.57% to 17.53.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $54.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.34 to trade at $1343.34 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 108.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 130.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.97.