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 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 17.09% or 347.0 points to trade at 2377.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911) added 8.11% or 145.0 points to end at 1932.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 6.93% or 189.0 points to 2917.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which fell 3.94% or 194.0 points to trade at 4725.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 3.83% or 291.0 points to end at 7298.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was down 2.76% or 78.0 points to 2753.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2068 to 1444 and 231 ended unchanged.
Shares in Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.76% or 78.0 to 2753.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.87.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.23% or 0.19 to $81.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 7.55 to trade at $1855.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 114.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 130.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.938.