Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Finance & Investment and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6767), which rose 14.19% or 65.0 points to trade at 523.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) added 13.62% or 100.0 points to end at 834.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) was up 6.13% or 79.0 points to 1367.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which fell 3.77% or 14.0 points to trade at 357.0 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 3.49% or 18.0 points to end at 498.0 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) was down 2.41% or 73.0 points to 2957.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1205 to 721 and 131 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.22% to 30.05.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.50% or 0.23 to $45.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.25 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.35 to trade at $1316.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 107.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.52% to 118.30.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.02.