Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.46%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.46%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 1332 ), which rose 7.95% or 50.0 points to trade at 679.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T: 8035 ) added 5.18% or 2370.0 points to end at 48120.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T: 7735 ) was up 4.33% or 380.0 points to 9150.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T: 9104 ), which lost 4.93% or 330.0 points to trade at 6370.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 9107 ) declined 4.74% or 240.0 points to end at 4820.0 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T: 8253 ) shed 4.28% or 63.0 points to 1409.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1775 to 1705 and 259 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.76% or 0.61 to $81.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.84% or 0.70 to hit $83.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.55 to trade at $1792.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 113.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 131.70.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.922.