Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Food and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407), which rose 5.44% or 73.0 points to trade at 1414.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 4.89% or 980.0 points to end at 21020.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 4.74% or 127.0 points to 2808.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which fell 6.57% or 52.0 points to trade at 740.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 2.19% or 44.0 points to end at 1966.0 and NTN Corp. (T:6472) was down 2.05% or 11.0 points to 525.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2724 to 604 and 177 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.25% to 17.84.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $55.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $61.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.40 to trade at $1260.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 112.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 132.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.61.