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 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which rose 5.82% or 210.0 points to trade at 3820.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) added 4.79% or 28.0 points to end at 612.0 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was up 4.67% or 124.0 points to 2779.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which fell 5.19% or 52.0 points to trade at 949.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 2.84% or 265.0 points to end at 9075.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was down 1.94% or 23.0 points to 1163.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2871 to 722 and 168 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.65.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.39% or 0.85 to $60.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.16% or 0.75 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.25 to trade at $1731.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 108.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 128.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.638.