Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Gas & Water and Steel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 8.42% or 1635.0 points to trade at 21050.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) added 4.75% or 172.6 points to end at 3810.1 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 3.63% or 95.0 points to 2711.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401), which fell 2.61% or 63.3 points to trade at 2366.5 at the close. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 2.53% or 18.2 points to end at 701.8 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was down 2.34% or 112.5 points to 4702.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1865 to 1504 and 193 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.05% to 16.43.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.18% or 0.12 to $68.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.30 to hit $74.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 109.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 133.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.00.