Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Retail and Warehousing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO:6952), which rose 4.60% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,227.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) added 3.86% or 152.00 points to end at 4,091.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) was up 3.42% or 80.00 points to 2,422.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which fell 5.42% or 373.00 points to trade at 6,512.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 3.60% or 177.00 points to end at 4,744.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) was down 2.79% or 66.00 points to 2,300.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1966 to 1627 and 278 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 22.01% to 22.84.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 4.56 to trade at $2,671.64 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.51% to 149.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 157.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 106.15.