Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Paper & Pulp and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201), which rose 5.94% or 260.0 points to trade at 4635.0 at the close. Meanwhile, JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 4.90% or 106.0 points to end at 2270.0 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was up 4.37% or 100.0 points to 2390.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which fell 5.71% or 350.0 points to trade at 5780.0 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) declined 5.13% or 440.0 points to end at 8140.0 and SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) was down 3.59% or 18.0 points to 484.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2632 to 788 and 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.13% or 440.0 to 8140.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 51.69% to 31.02.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1314.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 109.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 134.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.11.