Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324), which rose 9.82% or 380.00 points to trade at 4,250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 7.36% or 332.00 points to end at 4,845.00 and M3 Inc (TYO:2413) was up 6.95% or 81.00 points to 1,246.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Keyence (TYO:6861), which fell 3.85% or 2,580.00 points to trade at 64,420.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) declined 2.37% or 201.00 points to end at 8,286.00 and LY Corp (TYO:4689) was down 2.36% or 9.10 points to 376.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2242 to 1439 and 200 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.87% to 45.28.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.25% or 0.19 to $77.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $79.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 15.40 to trade at $2,495.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 147.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 162.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.41.