Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 8.00% or 115.0 points to trade at 1553.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) added 7.07% or 328.0 points to end at 4967.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 6.97% or 48.0 points to 737.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which fell 4.10% or 57.0 points to trade at 1332.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) declined 3.74% or 18.9 points to end at 486.1 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 3.43% or 97.0 points to 2735.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2470 to 1096 and 194 ended unchanged.
Shares in JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.00% or 115.0 to 1553.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.83.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.37% or 0.24 to $65.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.46% or 0.32 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 8.35 to trade at $1792.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 109.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 131.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.162.