Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 8.72% or 188.0 points to trade at 2344.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) added 7.13% or 255.0 points to end at 3830.0 and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) was up 4.55% or 270.0 points to 6210.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which fell 12.30% or 495.0 points to trade at 3530.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 8.76% or 475.0 points to end at 4945.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was down 5.01% or 214.5 points to 4069.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1783 to 1745 and 225 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.49.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.54% or 0.30 to $55.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.34 to hit $60.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1501.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 121.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 97.135.