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 added 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.27% or 165.00 points to trade at 2,159.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.60% or 191.50 points to end at 2,711.50 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.58% or 34.10 points to 552.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which lost 2.09% or 18.20 points to trade at 851.30 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 1.24% or 53.00 points to end at 4,224.00 and Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) shed 0.79% or 145.00 points to 18,295.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2436 to 1226 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 16.16% to 18.31 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $70.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 5.71 to trade at $2,641.21 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 157.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 163.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.95.
