Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mercari Inc (TYO:), which rose 7.56% or 167.00 points to trade at 2,377.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) added 6.71% or 41.00 points to end at 652.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:) was up 5.90% or 328.00 points to 5,891.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 2.57% or 295.00 points to trade at 11,200.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.27% or 54.00 points to end at 2,323.50 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) shed 2.27% or 89.00 points to 3,824.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2137 to 1463 and 272 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.47% to 27.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.25% or 0.18 to $71.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.80 to trade at $2,546.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 145.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 161.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.04.
