Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Rubber and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 3.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 10.40% or 188.00 points to trade at 1,995.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) added 10.03% or 205.00 points to end at 2,249.00 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 9.74% or 1,575.00 points to 17,750.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 1.07% or 40.00 points to trade at 3,715.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 0.60% or 2.00 points to end at 330.00 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was down 0.26% or 14.00 points to 5,419.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3444 to 236 and 93 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.40% to 29.70.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.86% or 2.02 to $110.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.98% or 3.31 to hit $114.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.60 to trade at $1,985.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 115.99, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 128.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.05.