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 2.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which rose 8.63% or 187.0 points to trade at 2353.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 5.95% or 25.0 points to end at 445.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) was up 5.86% or 118.0 points to 2133.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 9.67% or 171.0 points to trade at 1598.0 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 9.32% or 40.0 points to end at 389.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was down 4.24% or 330.0 points to 7460.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2852 to 752 and 176 ended unchanged.
Shares in DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) fell to 3-years lows; down 9.67% or 171.0 to 1598.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.91% or 0.97 to $51.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.41% or 0.78 to hit $56.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.25 to trade at $1561.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 120.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.130.