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 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 6.53% or 277.5 points to trade at 4527.5 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 5.34% or 65.0 points to end at 1282.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) was up 5.26% or 720.0 points to 14415.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which fell 5.57% or 61.0 points to trade at 1035.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 5.33% or 17.0 points to end at 302.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was down 2.20% or 160.0 points to 7120.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2600 to 932 and 189 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.56.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.47% or 0.28 to $59.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 7.45 to trade at $1407.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 108.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 122.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.768.