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 2.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (T:6103), which rose 12.88% or 470.0 points to trade at 4120.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 12.53% or 125.0 points to end at 1123.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 9.33% or 296.0 points to 3469.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437), which fell 4.46% or 147.0 points to trade at 3148.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 3.98% or 60.5 points to end at 1458.5 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was down 3.69% or 50.0 points to 1305.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2573 to 1060 and 148 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.86 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 11.82% or 1.78 to $16.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 6.19% or 1.50 to hit $25.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.30% or 22.30 to trade at $1735.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 106.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 115.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 99.612.