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 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 4.51% or 112.0 points to trade at 2594.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) added 4.23% or 270.0 points to end at 6650.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 4.18% or 148.0 points to 3692.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703), which fell 2.63% or 5.0 points to trade at 185.0 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) declined 2.10% or 20.0 points to end at 934.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was down 1.90% or 17.0 points to 876.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1977 to 1581 and 195 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 33.20.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.81% or 0.38 to $47.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.88% or 0.45 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.45 to trade at $1640.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 119.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.297.