Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.72%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Gas & Water , Warehousing and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T: 4568 ), which rose 5.27% or 130.0 points to trade at 2599.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T: 5411 ) added 3.43% or 72.0 points to end at 2172.0 and IHI Corp. (T: 7013 ) was up 3.40% or 12.0 points to 364.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T: 4004 ), which lost 3.76% or 114.0 points to trade at 2921.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T: 3103 ) declined 2.41% or 2.0 points to end at 81.0 and Konami Corp. (T: 9766 ) shed 1.04% or 60.0 points to 5730.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2003 to 1195 and 269 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.15% to 14.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.37% or 0.17 to $46.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.86 to trade at $1312.24 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 110.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 131.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.91.
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