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 gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 9.49% or 48.40 points to trade at 558.60 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.68% or 507.00 points to end at 7,110.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 5.48% or 550.00 points to 10,585.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Murata Mfg Co (TYO:), which lost 4.50% or 111.00 points to trade at 2,358.00 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.42% or 19.40 points to end at 420.00 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:) shed 3.25% or 172.00 points to 5,119.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2273 to 1313 and 273 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.78% to 24.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.32% or 0.25 to $78.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.30% or 0.25 to hit $82.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 7.41 to trade at $2,725.21 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 156.14, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 160.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 108.97.
