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 rose 2.32% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which rose 16.41% or 422.0 points to trade at 2993.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) added 8.76% or 60.0 points to end at 745.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 8.16% or 33.9 points to 449.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 4.70% or 73.0 points to trade at 1480.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 3.40% or 42.0 points to end at 1193.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was down 3.16% or 38.0 points to 1165.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2255 to 1413 and 133 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.99.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.32% or 1.09 to $31.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.39% or 0.83 to hit $33.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 7.35 to trade at $1718.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 107.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 118.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.983.