Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Railway & Bus and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which rose 7.01% or 172.0 points to trade at 2624.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 5.24% or 830.0 points to end at 16670.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 4.10% or 48.0 points to 1218.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 5.43% or 210.0 points to trade at 3655.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 4.11% or 130.0 points to end at 3030.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was down 3.43% or 125.0 points to 3515.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2369 to 1126 and 213 ended unchanged.
Shares in Familymart Ltd (T:8028) rose to all time highs; up 5.24% or 830.0 to 16670.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.09% to 21.21.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.83% or 1.00 to $53.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.80% or 1.14 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 112.95, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 128.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.547.