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 gained 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 7.83% or 35.0 points to trade at 482.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nikon Corp. (T:7731) added 7.04% or 64.0 points to end at 973.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was up 5.65% or 1485.0 points to 27785.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which fell 4.93% or 174.0 points to trade at 3354.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 3.30% or 164.0 points to end at 4805.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was down 2.50% or 107.0 points to 4168.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2308 to 1239 and 217 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.53.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.44% or 0.28 to $63.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.33 to hit $66.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 6.95 to trade at $1790.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 106.02, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 129.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.037.