Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fishery, Banking and Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 9.35% or 113.0 points to trade at 1322.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 9.24% or 72.5 points to end at 857.5 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 7.86% or 126.0 points to 1729.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which fell 14.80% or 324.0 points to trade at 1865.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 9.83% or 525.0 points to end at 4815.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) was down 7.34% or 117.0 points to 1478.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1679 to 1646 and 241 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.61% to 14.95.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.48 to $71.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $77.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1313.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 109.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 130.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.87.