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 added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.29% or 210.0 points to trade at 5100.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.77% or 49.0 points to end at 1349.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 3.33% or 42.0 points to 1302.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which fell 2.82% or 133.0 points to trade at 4590.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.56% or 8.0 points to end at 305.0 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) was down 2.46% or 14.0 points to 555.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2508 to 1007 and 207 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.82% or 133.0 to 4590.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.63.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.38% or 0.23 to $60.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $67.21 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.85 to trade at $1423.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 108.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 121.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.547.